title: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in treatment of non-COPD related acute respiratory failure cases.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Respiratory Disease, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taooka
authors.forename: Haruko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daga
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011897:Random Allocation; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests