Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in hypoxaemic acute respiratory failure (ARF)

Symposium
Chairs: M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany)
Aims: This symposium will elaborate on the indications for NIV in hypoxaemic ARF, but also its limitations.

Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema - NIV or CPAP? S. Nava (Pavia, Italy)
NIV in community-acquired pneumonia P. Jolliet (Geneva, Switzerland)