Pharmacology in Noninvasive Ventilation

lt;p>Prof. Antonio M. Esquinas, MD, PhD, FCCP, FNIV, International fellow of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), is a critical care specialist and staff physician at the Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain. He is the Director of the International School of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, International College of Experts in Non Invasive Ventilation, Director, Academy of Non Invasive Ventilation and Director International Non-invasive Ventilation Fellowship Program and President of International Association of Non Invasive Ventilation. His main research activities are related to noninvasive mechanical ventilation in pulmonary and critical care. Prof. Esquinas is the author of more than 670 scientific publications (402 on peer-reviewed journals), editor of 60 books (published in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese) and author of 325 chapters of book/position paper. He was invited speaker at 356 presentations and presented 450 oral communications or posters at national and international congresses. He acts in international networking groups promoting education programs and research in noninvasive ventilation.

Bushra Mina is the Director of the Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship Program, Chief Pulmonary Medicine and Associate Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, USA. Dr. Mina, member of the Lenox Hill GME committee and Northwell GME committee, is also an Advanced Simulation Instructor, contributing to medical residents education and training in diagnosing and treating acute illness through rapid response simulation program. Dr. Mina has a leadership position in the Pulmonary Emboli Response Team (PERT) and COPD Response Team at his institution where a multidisciplinary approach toward treating patients with pulmonary emboli, and COPD is utilized. 

His main research interests include noninvasive ventilation, palliative care, thromboembolic disease, and COPD.  He also evaluated the use of ultrasound as an educational tool in developing housestaff skills using bedside ultrasonograpy and echocardiography. 

Savino Spadaro is Associate Professor in Anesthesia and Intensive Care - University of Ferrara, Department of Translational medicine and staff member in Anesthesia and Intensive care department at Sant'Anna Hospital of Ferrara. In 2015 he was visiting fellow at Imperial College Saint Mary's Hospital in London. He is an Associate editor of BMC pulmonary medicine and senior editor of BMC anesthesiology and member of several international Societies such as the European Society of Intensive Medicine, European Respiratory Society, European Society of Anesthesiology, Societa Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione terapia del dolore, Member of the PLUG working group.

Prof. Spadaro's fields of interest are the respiratory monitoring in mechanically ventilated patients, diaphragmatic dysfunction in critically ill patients, markers of respiratory muscles damage during mechanical ventilation, the role of assisted mechanical ventilation on respiratory muscle activity and weaning from mechanical ventilation. He is author of original peer reviewed papers published on international scientific journals and also book chapters' author. His activity is also completed by a teaching activity at the

School of Medicine of University of Ferrara of courses in: Emergency and Critical Care, Emergency and Anesthesia, Nutrition in critically ill patients.

Daniela Perrotta is responsible for the UOC Palidoro at Ospedale Bambin

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation - Pharmacology-basic relationship.- Part I. Pharmacological Clinical Indications in Adults.- Airway diseases.- Sedation.- Analgesics.- Antinflammatory drugs.- Cardiovascular drugs.- Antibiotics drugs.- Sleep Medicine drugs.- Psychiatric drugs.- Procedures.- Part II.  Monitoring and Complications Pharmacology in Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation.- Monitoring  practical options.- Complications.- Part III. Pharmacological Clinical Indications in Pediatric Patients.- Aerosol Therapy (bronchodilators, corticoids), Surfactant Therapy, Humidification. Heliox/Nitric Oxygen.- Sedo analgesia.- Aerosol Therapy. Benzodiazepines, Dexmedetomidine, Ketamine, Opiates.- Aerosol Therapy. Anti-inflammatory drugs.- Antihypertensive drugs for pulmonary hypertension, Cardiovascular drugs for right and left Ventricular failure.- Neurologic drugs (anti-epileptic, anti-dystonic).- Dyspnoea, Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony, Sleep Disorder, Specific Infection-Highrisk viral, Cardiac pulmonary Edema, Chronic Heart failure.- Adaptation-Intolerance, Delirium in Agitated patients, Neuromuscular disorders Breathing and swallowing, Convulsive therapy.- Procedures.- Part IV. Special Section-ePocket Guide For Drugs Dose Clinical Practical Approach in Special NIV Indications.- Persistent-Dyspnoea.- Discomfort-Adaptation-Intolerance Patient-ventilator asynchrony.- Cardiac pulmonary edema.- Politraumatized patients.- Preoxygenation Adjunct to extubation-noninvasive mechanical ventilation.- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.- Neuromuscular disorders.