Optimizing Noninvasive Ventilation in Hematological Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure

In hematological patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF), recourse to mechanical ventilation is still associated with increased mortality, although the prognosis has improved during the last decade. Thus, avoiding intubation remains a major objective. Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has mainly been validated among onco-hematology patients with ARF. Above all, NIV makes it possible to reduce the mortality of these patients.