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Long-term survival for COPD patients receiving noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure

Implementation of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) as an add-on treatment has been routinely used in a non-intensive care setting since 2004 for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute hypercapnic respiratory failure at a university hospital in Denmark. Although randomized...

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Autores principales: Titlestad, Ingrid L, Lassen, Annmarie T, Vestbo, Jørgen
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/PMC3640597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23650445
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S42632