title: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. Equipment and techniques.
abstract: Successful application of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation is largely dependent on available equipment and the approaches used to apply it. Third-generation intensive care unit ventilators and portable volume and pressure ventilators may be used for noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. A variety of facial interfaces currently are manufactured, and all should be available. A well-trained therapist with available time is the final ingredient for successful use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Care, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drinkwine
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kacmarek
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008397:Masks; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical