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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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Autores principales: Scarpazza, Paolo, Incorvaia, Cristoforo, Melacini, Chiara, Cattaneo, Roberta, Bonacina, Cristiano, Riario-Sforza, Gian Galeazzo, Casali, Walter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516004
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S41374