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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in subjects with stable COPD: a randomized trial

BACKGROUND: The use of domiciliary noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure has yielded variable effects on survival, quality of life, and dyspnea. We hypothesized that use of NPPV in stable C...

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Autores principales: Bhatt, Surya P, Peterson, Michael W, Wilson, Jeffrey S, Durairaj, Lakshmi
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/PMC3842217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24293994
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S53619