Nichtinvasive intermittierende Beatmung (NIPPV) als Brücke zur Lungentransplantation (retrospektive Analyse von 20 Patienten mit chronischen Lungenerkrankungen aus 5 deutschen Zentren)

Background: Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIPPV) has been used successfully for ventilator failure due to derangements of the respiratory pump. Its efficacy in pulmonary diseases is still a matter of contoversy: however, NIPPV is reported as being a means of bridging the period until lung transplantation (LTx) can be performed.