Shrinking the room for invasive ventilation in hypercapnic respiratory failure
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) was introduced as an alternative to invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure caused from exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the 1980s, and its use gradually rose worldwide. Seventy-eight patients (57 males, mean age 78.3 ± 9.2...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2013
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600934/ |