Heart Failure

COPD

  • BIPAP > CPAP
  • High Intensity (TV 10-15 ml/kg)

Asthma

Mechanisms of PPV (CPAP / BIPAP)

  1. Airway stenting
    • improves alveolar recruitment
  2. LV Afterload ⬇️
    • Lowers LV transmural pressures
    • Raises RV afterload
  3. Preload ⬇️
    • decreases venous return
  4. Decreases Work of Breathing
    • offloads respiratory muscles