title: Is early noninvasive ventilation the first choice in stable restrictive patients with chronic respiratory failure?
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shneerson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012890:Sleep; D013997:Time Factors