Outcome at three months of COPD patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure treated with NPPV in an Acute Medicine Ward

Non invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) is increasingly used for patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). NPPV has been shown to improve arterial blood gas tensions and dyspnoea and to prevent the need fo...

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Autores principales:	Fabrizio Vincenti, Adriano Basile, Ernesto Contro, Filippo Galbiati, Angela Oppizzi, Elisabetta Restelli, Maurizio Sommariva, Daniele Coen
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	PAGEPress Publications 2011-03-01
Colección:	Emergency Care Journal
Materias:	COPD hypercapnic respiratory failure Acute Medicine Ward
Acceso en línea:	http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/908
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