Long-term domiciliary treatment with nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation plus supplemental oxygen in COPD with severe hypercapnia.
An effective treatment of advanced states of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has yet to be established. We report the case of a COPD patient with severe hypoxemia (pO2 = 32.0 mm Hg) and hypercapnia (pCO2 = 90.0 mm Hg) who was successfully treated for 8 months with nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) plus supplemental O2 in a domiciliary treatment. The reduction of hypoxemia parallel to the alleviation of hypercapnia reversed the patient's continuously declining condition.
Alfaro
V
V
Department of Physiology, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Torras
R
R
Palacios
L
L
Ibáñez
J
J
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000379:methods*