Effectiveness of non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure of obese patients: a brief narrative review
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been used successfully for the management of acute respiratory failure (ARF) more often in the last two decades compared to prior decades; nevertheless, NIV can have failure rates ranging from 5% to 50%. However, there are particular groups of patients that are mor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/916 |