title: The Japanese Respiratory Society Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NPPV) Guidelines (second revised edition).
authors.affiliation: Division of Sleep and Respiratory Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization Yakumo National Hospital.
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authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases.
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authors.affiliation: Department of ER/Disaster Medical Care, Tokushima University Hospital.
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authors.affiliation: Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Center, Osaka Kaisei Hospital.
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authors.affiliation: Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine of Toho University Omori Medical Center.
authors.forename: Ryoichi
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authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.affiliation: Cardio-Respiratory Sleep Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University, Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Takatoshi
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authors.lastname: Kasai
authors.affiliation: Former Director of Osaka Anti-tuberculosis Association, Osaka Hospital.
authors.forename: Kentaro
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authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Tosei General Hospital.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
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authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.affiliation: Division of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University; Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center.
authors.forename: Shigeru
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authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center.
authors.forename: Nobuaki
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authors.lastname: Shime
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, Jichi Medical University.
authors.forename: Masayuki
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authors.lastname: Suzukawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.
authors.forename: Misa
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authors.lastname: Takegami
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital; Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center.
authors.forename: Shinhiro
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authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine; Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center.
authors.forename: Sadatomo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tasaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Tosei General Hospital; Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine in Thoracic Center, St. Luke's International Hospital; Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center.
authors.forename: Naohiko
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authors.lastname: Chohnabayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University; Department of Respiratory Care and Sleep Control Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University. Electronic address: chink@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
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authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Minami-Kyoto Hospital.
authors.forename: Tomomasa
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authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomii
authors.affiliation: The Department of Sleep and Respiratory Medicine, Toranomon Hospital.
authors.forename: Koji
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authors.lastname: Narui
authors.affiliation: Emergency and Critical Care Center, Nasu Red Cross Hospital.
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
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authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Med, Mito Clinical Education and Training Center, Tsukuba University Hospital / Mito Kyodo General Hospital.
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ujike
authors.affiliation: Nagano Prefectural Hospital Organization.
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University.
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Momomura
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.affiliation: Department of Hemodialysis and Surgery, Chemotherapy Research Institute, Kaken Hospital.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Certified Nurse Specialist for Chronic Care Nursing, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases.
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takekawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tachikawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: Kimihiko
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authors.lastname: Murase
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*