Pathophysiological mechanism of long-term noninvasive ventilation in stable hypercapnic patients with COPD using functional respiratory imaging

INTRODUCTION: Patients with severe COPD often develop chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. Their prognosis worsens and they are more likely to develop exacerbations. This has major influence on the health-related quality of life. Currently, there is no information about the success of long-term...

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Autores principales: Hajian, Bita, De Backer, Jan, Sneyers, Claire, Ferreira, Francisca, Barboza, Katherine C, Leemans, Glenn, Vos, Wim, De Backer, Wilfried
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
Materias:
Clinical Trial Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5546189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28814848
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S136412

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5546189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28814848
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S136412

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