Comorbidities and Mortality in Hypercapnic Obese under Domiciliary Noninvasive Ventilation

BACKGROUND: The higher mortality rate in untreated patients with obesity-associated hypoventilation is a strong rationale for long-term noninvasive ventilation (NIV). The impacts of comorbidities, medications and NIV compliance on survival of these patients remain largely unexplored. METHODS: Observ...

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Autores principales: Borel, Jean-Christian, Burel, Benoit, Tamisier, Renaud, Dias-Domingos, Sonia, Baguet, Jean-Philippe, Levy, Patrick, Pepin, Jean-Louis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23341888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052006

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23341888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052006

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