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Clinical impact of episodic nocturnal hypercapnia and its treatment with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with stable advanced COPD

PURPOSE: Episodic nocturnal hypercapnia (eNH) caused by rapid eye movement (REM) sleep-related hypoventilation is often noted in patients with advanced COPD. The purpose of this study was to clarify the clinical significance of eNH and the effectiveness of eNH-targeted noninvasive positive pressure...

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Autores principales: Kitajima, Takamasa, Marumo, Satoshi, Shima, Hiroshi, Shirata, Masahiro, Kawashima, Satoru, Inoue, Daiki, Katayama, Yuko, Itotani, Ryo, Sakuramoto, Minoru, Fukui, Motonari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29563784
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S153200