... Gajic11Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota USA2Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Intensive Care and Respiratory Care, ... pulmonary disease [6]. The efficacy of NIPPV in the initial management of other forms of hypoxemic respiratoryfailure, such as acute lung injury (ALI), pneumonia or postextu-bation respiratory failure, ... inspiratory and expiratory pres-sure and estimated tidal volume were prospectively collectedfour times a day and documented in the respiratory therapyelectronic medical record. The respiratory therapist...