Li Xiao, Han Fang
Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2015 Mar;29(6):490-1.
After more than 30 years of development, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) has become one of the main treatments of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in the world. It is the wide application of this technology that makes breakthrough in SDB treatment, and has given rise to a new interdisciplinary area sleep medicine. In China, sleep medicine started in late of 1980's, in recent years, with the development of economy and the improvement of recognization, the application of NPPV in Chinese market has become one of the fastest growing in the world. NPPV technology also extends gradually to the treatments of patients with respiratory failure due to different causes, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome and COPD.
经过30多年的发展，无创正压通气（NPPV）已成为全球睡眠呼吸障碍（SDB）的主要治疗方法之一。正是这项技术的广泛应用，使得睡眠呼吸障碍治疗取得了突破，并催生了一个新的跨学科领域——睡眠医学。在中国，睡眠医学始于20世纪80年代末，近年来，随着经济的发展和认识的提高，NPPV在中国市场的应用已成为全球增长最快的之一。NPPV技术也逐渐扩展到因不同原因导致的呼吸衰竭患者的治疗，如严重急性呼吸综合征和慢性阻塞性肺疾病。
