Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure

Abstract In the past, the only treatment of acute exacerbations of obstructive diseases with hypercapnic respiratory failure refractory to medical treatment was invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Considerable technical improvements transformed extracorporeal techniques for carbon dioxide removal...

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Main Authors: Luis Morales-Quinteros, Lorenzo Del Sorbo, Antonio Artigas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-019-0551-6