Non-invasive ventilation with intelligent volume-assured pressure support versus pressure-controlled ventilation: effects on the respiratory event rate and sleep quality in COPD with chronic hypercapnia
Georg Nilius,1,2 Nato Katamadze,1,2 Ulrike Domanski,1 Maik Schroeder,1 Karl-Josef Franke1,2 1HELIOS Klinik Hagen-Ambrock, 2Internal Medicine I, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany Background: COPD patients who develop chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure have a poor prognosis. Treatment...
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Dove Medical Press
2017-03-01
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Series: | International Journal of COPD |
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Online Access: | https://www.dovepress.com/non-invasive-ventilation-with-intelligent-volume-assured-pressure-supp-peer-reviewed-article-COPD |