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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Main Authors: Nilius G, Katamadze N, Domanski U, Schroeder M, Franke KJ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2017-03-01
Series:International Journal of COPD
Subjects:
NIV
Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/non-invasive-ventilation-with-intelligent-volume-assured-pressure-supp-peer-reviewed-article-COPD