Application of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for sleep disordered breathing in China.
- Author:
Xiao LI
;
Fang HAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
China;
Humans;
Positive-Pressure Respiration;
Respiratory Insufficiency;
Sleep Apnea Syndromes;
therapy;
Sleep Medicine Specialty;
trends
- From:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2015;29(6):490-491
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
After more than 30 years of development, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) has become one of the main treatments of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in the world. It is the wide application of this technology that makes breakthrough in SDB treatment, and has given rise to a new interdisciplinary area sleep medicine. In China, sleep medicine started in late of 1980's, in recent years, with the development of economy and the improvement of recognization, the application of NPPV in Chinese market has become one of the fastest growing in the world. NPPV technology also extends gradually to the treatments of patients with respiratory failure due to different causes, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and COPD.
