title: Summaries for patients. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation for severe worsening of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007902:Length of Stay; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*