Advantages of NIV in COVID

Pressure Support (PS)/Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure* (IPAP*)

• Supports inspiration
• Increases tidal volume
• Improves recruitment and compliance
• Reduces work of breathing

Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)/Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure* (EPAP*)

• Positive end expiratory pressure throughout the ventilatory cycle
• Improves alveolar recruitment
• Increases mean airway pressure
• Improves recruitment and reduces shunt
• Unloads respiratory muscles and reduces the work of breathing

*In BiPAP mode.