PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Theerakittikul, Theerakorn
AU  - Ricaurte, Basma
AU  - Aboussouan, Loutfi S.
TI  - Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for stable outpatients: CPAP and beyond
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.77a.10060
DP  - 2010 Oct 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 705--714
VI  - 77
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/10/705.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/10/705.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2010 Oct 01; 77
AB  - Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) has been used in outpatients with sleep apnea, sleep disorders associated with heart failure, restrictive pulmonary diseases (subsuming neuromuscular diseases and thoracic cage deformities), severe stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and the obesity-hypoventilation syndrome. NIPPV in these settings has resulted in significant physiologic benefits, improved quality of life, and in some cases longer survival. We discuss the modes of NIPPV, current indications, and potential benefits.