Respiratory insufficiency, chronic hypercapnia and domiciliary non-invasive ventilation from the point of view of a pneumologist

Abstract

Domiciliary non-invasive ventilation has been an established method of treating chronic hypercapnic respiratory insufficiency for decades. Its effectiveness is based on a number of clinical studies and the prevalence of use worldwide and in the Czech Republic is increasing.

The article offers a brief summary of the pathophysiology of hypercapnic respiratory insufficiency and its treatment.

Keywords

• non-invasive ventilation
• domiciliary non-invasive ventilation
• NIV
• respiratory insufficiency, hypercapnia