The times they are a-changing: how noninvasive ventilation changed our practice

Symposium
Chairs: N. Hill (Providence, United States of America), A. Carlucci (Milan, Italy)
Aims: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has a broad-spectrum of indications for treatment of acute patients. The session aims to describe the well established and novel fields of application for NIV.

NIV to prevent intensive care unit admission M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
NIV to prevent intensive care unit infections A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
NIV to prevent post-operative complications S. Jaber (Montpellier, France)
NIV to prevent prolonged intubation P. Navalesi (Vercelli, Italy)