Noninvasive ventilation versus high-flow nasal therapy for hypoxemic patients

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Chairs: Cesare Gregoretti (Turin, Italy), Stylianos Orfanos (Athens, Greece)
Aims: To describe the physiological effects of applying NIV or HFNT, its advantages and limitations, and the criteria regarding how and when apply HFNT.

The physiological effects of NIV and HFNT: HFNT is not continuous airway pressure Nicholas S. Hill (Providence, United States of America)
HFNT in acute de novo hypoxiemic patients Jean-Pierre Frat (Poitiers, France)
High-flow nasal oxygen versus noninvasive positive airway pressure after surgery François Stephan (Plessis-Le-Robinson, France)
HFNT or NIV in hypoxiemic patients after extubation in intensive care unit Salvatore Maggiore (Chieti, Italy)