Upper Airway Disorders and Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Rationale and Approaches

Antonio M. Esquinas is critical care specialist and staff physician in the Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia. Spain. He is an International fellow of the American Association Respiratory Care (AARC), fellow of the American College Chest Physicians. (ACCP) European Respiratory Society, and Director of the International School of Non Invasive Ventilation, International noninvasive ventilation Fellowship program, president of the International Association of Non Invasive Ventilation and International College of Expert of noninvasive ventilation. His main educational and research activities are related to noninvasive mechanical ventilation in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. Currently, he is very keen in difficult weaning, postextubation, respiratory, humidification and airway clearance techniques in mechanically ventilated patients. He is author of more than 60 books and 560 indexed papers in noninvasive ventilation approaches.

Andrea De Vito MD, PhD works at Ravenna Hospital, Health Romagna Service, Italy. He is the ENT Unit Director and his specific ENT fields of interests are noninvasive ventilation; sleep-disordered breathing; head and neck oncology and ear surgery. 

Prof. De Vito is author of several papers published on international scientific journals, reviewers for “The Laryngoscope” and member of the most important scientific Societies.

Nikolaos Barbetakis is Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Head of Thoracic Surgery Department at the Theagenio Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. After the degree he specialized in Greece and USA. Dr.  Barbetakis is fellow of The European Board of Thoracic Surgery (FEBTS) and author of several articles on international scientific journals.