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Home Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV) treatment for COPD patients with a history of NIV-treated exacerbation; a randomized, controlled, multi-center study

BACKGROUND: In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the prognosis for patients who have survived an episode of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to an exacerbation is poor. Despite being shown to improve survival and quality-of-life in stable patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory f...

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Autores principales: Ankjærgaard, Kasper Linde, Tønnesen, Philip, Laursen, Lars Christian, Hansen, Ejvind Frausing, Andreassen, Helle Frost, Wilcke, Jon Torgny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4751632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26867542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0184-6