Relationships between ventilatory impairment, sleep hypoventilation and type 2 respiratory failure

© 2014 Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. Conditions that increase load on respiratory muscles and/or reduce their capacity to cope with this load predispose to type 2 (hypercapnic) respiratory failure. In its milder forms, this imbalance between load and capacity may primarily manifest as sleep...

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Main Authors: Hillman, D., Singh, B., McArdle, N., Eastwood, Peter
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58650