Ventilatory Support for Chronic Respiratory Failure

Edited by N. Ambrosino and R.S. Goldstein Published by Informa Healthcare Pages: 640. Price: £150. ISBN: 978‐0849384981 Chronic respiratory failure has become a global issue because patients with chronic conditions that affect the respiratory system are now surviving for longer. In parallel, the advances in the management of patients with acute respiratory failure and in the technical aspects of life support have led to an increasing number of patients with chronic respiratory failure who become dependent on long‐term mechanical ventilation for their survival. …