The role of NIV in chronic hypercapnic COPD following an acute exacerbation: the importance of patient selection?
Recently, clear benefits have been shown from long-term noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. In our opinion, these benefits are confirmed and nocturnal NIV using sufficiently high inspiratory press...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465815624645 |