Outcomes following non-invasive ventilation for hypercapnic exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Thorax. 2011 Sep;66(9):825-6. doi: 10.1136/thx.2010.152264. Epub 2010 Dec 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypercapnia / etiology
  • Hypercapnia / therapy*
  • Male
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy
  • Recurrence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Treatment Outcome