Controversies of noninvasive ventilation in acute patients

Symposium
Chairs: R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy), S. Nava (Pavia, Italy)
Aims: The aim of this symposium is to address the main controversies concerning noninvasive ventilation in acute settings.

Noninvasive ventilation in pneumonia M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
Use of noninvasive ventilation in children: are we ready to break the barriers? A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)
Noninvasive ventilation in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome M. Antonelli (Rome, Italy)
Noninvasive ventilation in extubation failure P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)