Description

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Part I.- NIV and high-risk airborne infections.- Section 1.- History and epidemiology.- Section 2.- Physiopathology.- Section 3.- Ventilatory strategies during ARF in high-risk infections.- Section 4.- Noninvasive mechanical clinical experience.- Part II. NIV in mass casualty incidents.- Section 5.- Rationale of ARF treatments in mass casualties.- Section 6.- Mass casualties, biological etiology.- Section 7.- Biological mass casualties, biological etiology.- Section 8.- Hospital organizations guidelines. Clinical and health organizations perspectives.- Section 9.- Model health systems in ARF assistance.- Section 10.- Health organisations guidelines. Clinical and health organizations perspectives.- Section 11.- Future research.​

About the Author

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Antonio M. Esquinas, MD, PhD, is President of the International Association of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.