Bi-level positive airway pressure ventilation for patients with stable hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Background: The role of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) has been well established in the treatment of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), however, its benefits in clinically stable hypercapnic COPD patients still not well known,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814200458 |