Home Non-Invasive Ventilation Fails to Improve Quality of Life in the Elderly: Results from a Multicenter Cohort Study.

Home Non-Invasive Ventilation Fails to Improve Quality of Life in the Elderly: Results from a Multicenter Cohort Study.

Home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a widely used treatment for chronic hypoventilation but little is known on its impact in the elderly. In a multicenter prospective cohort study, we studied tolerance and efficacy of domiciliary NIV in patients aged 75 or more compared to younger ones.264 patien...

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Main Authors: Adrien Tissot, Sandrine Jaffre, Frédéric Gagnadoux, Marc Levaillant, Frédéric Corne, Sylvaine Chollet, François-Xavier Blanc, François Goupil, Pascaline Priou, Wojciech Trzepizur, Antoine Magnan, IRSR NIV cohort group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4619542?pdf=render

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