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Long-term outcomes after acute hypercapnic COPD exacerbation: First-ever episode of non-invasive ventilation

BACKGROUND: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is used to treat acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, long-term outcomes following discharge are largely unknown. This study aimed to characterize long-term outcomes and identif...

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Autores principales: Fazekas, Andreas S., Aboulghaith, Mei, Kriz, Ruxandra C., Urban, Matthias, Breyer, Marie-Kathrin, Breyer-Kohansal, Robab, Burghuber, Otto-Chris, Hartl, Sylvia, Funk, Georg-Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6209011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30066095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-018-1364-6