The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) believes that noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is an important treatment modality for the prehospital management of acute dyspnea. This document serves as a resource to the NAEMSP position on prehospital NIPPV.

Nocturnal nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is an effective means of normalizing awake blood gases in patients with respiratory insufficiency due to neuromuscular or chest wall dysfunction. However, little attention has been paid to the effects of long-term ventilation on spontaneous breathing during sleep in such patients. The purpose of this study was to determine wheth...

Abstract Background Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been recommended as the best respiratory support for preterm infants with distress syndrome (RDS). However, NIV technique to be used first intention in RDS management not yet established. Nasal intermittent positive pressure (NIPPV) may synchronized (SNIPPV) or non-synchronized infant’s breathing efforts. The aim of study is evaluate short-...

1 Sanders MH, Kern N. Obstructive sleep apnea treated by independently adjusted inspiratory and expiratory positive airway pressures via nasal mask: physiologic and clinical implications. Chest 1990; 98:317-24 2 Steljes DG, Kryger MH, Kirk BS, Millar TW Sleep in postpohio syndrome. Chest 1990; 98:133-40 3 Bach JR, Alba AS, Mosher R, Delaubier A. Intermittent positive pressure ventilation via na...

1 Sanders MH, Kern N. Obstructive sleep apnea treated by independently adjusted inspiratory and expiratory positive airway pressures via nasal mask: physiologic and clinical implications. Chest 1990; 98:317-24 2 Steljes DG, Kryger MH, Kirk BS, Millar TW Sleep in postpohio syndrome. Chest 1990; 98:133-40 3 Bach JR, Alba AS, Mosher R, Delaubier A. Intermittent positive pressure ventilation via na...

1 Sanders MH, Kern N. Obstructive sleep apnea treated by independently adjusted inspiratory and expiratory positive airway pressures via nasal mask: physiologic and clinical implications. Chest 1990; 98:317-24 2 Steljes DG, Kryger MH, Kirk BS, Millar TW Sleep in postpohio syndrome. Chest 1990; 98:133-40 3 Bach JR, Alba AS, Mosher R, Delaubier A. Intermittent positive pressure ventilation via na...

Non-invasive intermittent positive pressure ventilation can lead to esophageal insufflations and in turn to gastric distension. The fact that the latter induces transient relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter implies that it may increase gastroesophageal refluxes. We previously reported that nasal Pressure Support Ventilation (nPSV), contrary to nasal Neurally-Adjusted Ventilatory Assist...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of long-term nocturnal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) on symptoms, pulmonary function test results, sleep, and respiratory muscle performance in patients with ventilatory insufficiency due to severe kyphoscoliosis. DESIGN A prospective study in which 16 severe kyphoscoliotic patients were treated with NIPPV delivered by volume-cycled and...