Obesity might be a good prognosis factor for COPD patients using domiciliary noninvasive mechanical ventilation

Cachexia is known to be a deteriorating factor for survival of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but data related to obesity are limited. We observed that obese patients with COPD prescribed long-term noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) had better survival rate compar...

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Publié dans:Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
Auteurs principaux: Altinoz, Hilal, Adiguzel, Nalan, Salturk, Cuneyt, Gungor, Gokay, Mocin, Ozlem, Berk Takir, Huriye, Kargin, Feyza, Balci, Merih, Dikensoy, Oner, Karakurt, Zuhal
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998020/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27578969
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S108813
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