Nocturnal nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is increasingly used to treat chronic respiratory failure in a wide variety of conditions (myopathies, Ondine's curse, kyphoscoliosis, etc.) and allows a normal everyday life. Some of these diseases affect women of childbearing age. We report on a young woman suffering from primary alveolar hypoventilation, who presented with li...

Although nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is effective in the treatment of most patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), there is a small group of such patients in whom rapid eye movement (REM) hypoventilation and CO2 retention persist despite the use of CPAP and supplemental oxygen. In this report we describe our experience with nocturnal nasal ventilation (nocturnal nasal ...

Background: Early nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) has emerged as a primary modality of respiratory support for preterm infants withrespiratory distress syndrome (RDS). However, 30%-40% of these newborns need subsequent mechanical ventilation. Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is a promising alternative to NCPAP, especially in po...

BACKGROUND Nasal mask discomfort is a major factor in compliance with treatment by nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) and nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). METHODS A study of skin complications resulting from mask usage, with particular reference to predisposing factors, was carried out in 66 patients by means of a postal questionnaire. An effective means...

The aim of our study was to evaluate the long-term effect of nasal ventilation in patients with advanced Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD). To this end, we compared the clinical and pulmonary function course of five subjects affected with chronic ventilatory failure due to DMD and treated with nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) with that of an unventilated comparison gro...

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