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Long-Term Home Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Increases Systemic Inflammatory Response in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Background. Long-term home noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is beneficial in COPD but its impact on inflammation is unknown. We assessed the hypothesis that NIV modulates systemic and pulmonary inflammatory biomarkers in stable COPD. Methods. Among 610 patients referred for NIV, we shortlist...

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Autores principales: Paone, Gregorino, Conti, Vittoria, Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe, De Falco, Elena, Chimenti, Isotta, Peruzzi, Mariangela, Mollica, Corrado, Monaco, Gianluca, Giannunzio, Gilda, Brunetti, Giuseppe, Schmid, Giovanni, Ranieri, V. Marco, Frati, Giacomo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24976687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/503145