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Challenges on non-invasive ventilation to treat acute respiratory failure in the elderly

Acute respiratory failure is a frequent complication in elderly patients especially if suffering from chronic cardio-pulmonary diseases. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation constitutes a successful therapeutic tool in the elderly as, like in younger patients, it is able to prevent endotracheal intub...

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Autor principal: Scala, Raffaele
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/PMC5111281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27846872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0310-5