Hypercapnic COPD patients and NIV at home: is there any benefit? Using the CAT and BODE index in an effort to prove benefits of NIV in these patients

INTRODUCTION: The benefits of long-term noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in stable COPD with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) have been debated for many years due to the conflicting results observed in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated the effects of domiciliary NIV i...

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Autores principales: Zikyri, Andriani, Pastaka, Chaido, Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I
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/PMC6054756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140151
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S152574

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140151
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S152574

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