Chronic respiratory failure. Editor: Titova Olga Nikolaevna

The book affects one of the current areas of respiratory medicine - to help patients with chronic respiratory failure. Chronic respiratory failure becomes a complication of a number of diseases of the respiratory system and is associated with high mortality rates. The issues of etiology and classification of chronic respiratory failure are considered in detail. The presentation of the pathophysiology of this condition is supplemented by its own experimental data. The approaches to the treatment of chronic respiratory failure, including respiratory therapy methods - long -term oxygen therapy at home and non -invasive ventilation of the lungs, are given for the present time. -Petersburg on the basis of St. Petersburg GBUZ "Vvedenskaya City Clinical Hospital". The authors hope that the experience they have accumulated will be in demand in other regions of the country.

The publication is intended for pulmonists, therapists, general practitioners, healthcare organizers, and senior medical university students.