Chronic NIV in heart failure patients: ASV, NIV and CPAP 211 João C. Winck, Marta Drummond, Miguel Gonçalves and Tiago Pinto Chronic NIV in children: indications, outcomes and transition 217 Hui-Leng Tan and Anita K. Simonds Practicalities of and guide to cough augmentation and 226 daytime mouthpiece ventilation Michelle Chatwin Long-term NIV failure: causes and problem solving 234 Jean-Paul Janssens, Dan Adler and Jesus Gonzalez-Bermejo Long-term NIV case histories 246 Alanna Hare Chapter 9 – NIV for symptom palliation NIV in palliative care and at the end of life 253 Anna Maria Cuomo Chapter 10 – Discharge planning and community care Discharging the ventilator-dependent adult and child 260 Joan Escarrabill Home monitoring and follow-up of long-term NIV 265 Dan Adler, Claudio Rabec and Jean-Paul Janssens Assessing quality of life and outcome of long-term NIV 276 Sophie E. Huttmann and Wolfram Windisch Patient and carer education, and risk management 282 Joan Escarrabill Chapter 11 – Setting up an NIV service Setting up and staffing your NIV unit 289 Joan Escarrabill Index 295