What is considered non invasive ventilation?
Also to know is, what are the types of non invasive ventilation?
The two main types are positive-pressure and negative-pressure noninvasive ventilation. With the former, positive pressure is applied to the airway to inflate the lungs directly.
Correspondingly, what does non invasive ventilation mean?
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) refers to the administration of ventilatory support without using an invasive artificial airway (endotracheal tube or tracheostomy tube). The role of noninvasive ventilation in those with chronic respiratory failure is not as clear and remains to be defined.
NIV is subdivided into negative-pressure ventilation (NPV) and noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV); the latter is further subdivided into continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP).