What are you looking for? Show me the way to... Diagnosis and treatment Products Support Store Research and education ResMed NIV Solutions Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is rapidly gaining acceptance around the world as the preferred choice of treatment over invasive ventilation. NIV delivers effective therapy with less risk of infection and improved survival in patients with respiratory failure.1, 2, 3 Goals and functions of NIV Like all forms of mechanical ventilation, NIV has two key goals: to improve the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the patient's blood and the air in their lungs; and to support the work of breathing when the patient's own physiology cannot do this effectively. These are achieved without the loss of airway defense mechanisms and the swallowing function, which are associated with invasive ventilation. The essential functions of NIV include: Delivering the right inspiratory and expiratory pressures to support the patient's ventilatory demand Enhancing alveolar ventilation Maintaining upper airway patency Recruiting collapsed alveoli Maintaining patient–ventilator synchrony Avoiding the complications associated with invasive applications Alleviating hypercapnic symptoms Improving the patient’s quality of life by day and their quality of sleep by night Patient–ventilator synchrony plays a significant role in reducing the patient's work of breathing and optimizing their comfort to achieve better patient acceptance and compliance for successful NIV. Find out more about ResMed's NIV solutions: Astral™ series Stellar™ series References Bott J et al. Lancet. 1993 Jun 19;341(8860):1555-7. Ram FS et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(3):CD004104. Review Vital FM et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jul 16;(3):CD005351. Share This Article More respiratory care therapies High flow oxygen therapy (HFOT) High flow oxygen therapy is used in acute respiratory failure as well as chronic respiratory ... Contact About us Newsroom For investors Legal & IP Terms of use Privacy Careers ©2000-2021 ResMed. All rights reserved.