Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation : Principles and Applications, Hardcover by Hill, Nicholas S. (EDT), ISBN 087993459X, ISBN-13 9780879934590, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK The approach has been extensively used over the past two decades in the care of patients with acute and chronic ventilatory failure, and is now being seen as a valid treatment option in other causes of acute respiratory failure such as pneumonia, cardiogenic pulmonary adema, and respiratory insufficiency following surgery. Here researchers synthesize the state of knowledge about it to help clinicians use it more often but with the discretion needed for safety and effectiveness. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()