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Protocol for a systematic review and economic evaluation of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of non-hospital-based non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in patients with stable end-stage COPD with hypercapnic respiratory failure

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a significant public health burden. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a method of supported breathing used as standard care for acutely unwell patients in hospital with COPD, but there is uncertainty around the potential benefits of us...

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Autores principales: Dave, Chirag, Turner, Alice, Dretzke, Janine, Bayliss, Sue, O’Brien, Deirdre, Jowett, Sue, Moore, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3977879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24669937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-3-32