Foreword. Preface. Part I. Upper Airways Anatomy and Applied Physiology -- Upper airway structure -- Upper airways the maxilar-Jaw effect -- Upper airways ethnic variations -- Nasal upper airway flow and resistance -- Upper airway humidification. Physiology and clinical implications -- Upper airway -thermoregulation and Airway resistance -- Work of breathing in Upper Airway Respiratory Failure -- Noninvasive positive and negative pressure effects in upper airway respiratory failure -- Part II. Upper Airways Noninvasive Ventilator Management -- Nasal high flow- Rationale and indications -- Noninvasive ventilation. Rationale and indications -- The mask Interface designs -- Relationships mask interface and upper airway anatomy- physiology -- Noninvasive ventilation in Upper airways: pressure, airflow, and volume waveforms monitoring -- Success and failure Risk factors of response. Noninvasive ventilator support options -- Humidification in Noninvasive and high flow oxygen Humidification -- Part III. Clinical indications in upper airways disorders -- Noninvasive approaches in Supraglottic and vocal cord dysfunction -- Noninvasive approaches in Dynamic airway collapse -- Noninvasive approaches in tracheobronchomalacia -- Upper airways noninvasive ventilation in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure -- Noninvasive approaches in Difficult endotracheal intubation -- Noninvasive approaches after extubation. Respiratory failure. Ventilatory options -- Noninvasive approaches in do not intubation and palliative indications -- Upper airway respiratory failure in Anesthesiology -- Pharmacology in upper airway physiology -- Upper airway disorders and postoperative respiratory failure -- Tracheostomy in upper airway disorders -- Decannulation process in upper airway disorders. Noninvasive approaches -- Hypercapnic Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders -- Neuromuscular respiratory disorders -- Sleep Obstructive Apnea Syndrome -- Sleep Breathing in Heart failure -- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome -- Noninvasive ventilatory approaches in Neonatology -- Upper airway disorders in Pediatrics. Noninvasive ventilatory approaches -- Bronchoscopy procedure and non-invasive approach -- Transesophageal echocardiography and non-invasive approach -- Part IV. Diagnosis and Monitoring -- Diagnostics procedures: Laryngoscopy and fibro bronchoscopy -- Functional procedures in Upper Airways disorders -- Sleep Breathing disorders -- Swallowing disorders and upper airways relationships during noninvasive ventilation -- Monitoring upper airway disorders and noninvasive ventilation approach. Pulse oximetry and capnography -- Clinical cases: Endoscopy evaluation -- Clinical cases: noninvasive ventilation -- Part V. Outcome in Upper Airway Disorders and Noninvasive Ventilatory Options -- Key Summary in treatment and prevention -- Long term outcome and home noninvasive mechanical ventilation.