Does noninvasive positive pressure ventilation have a role in managing hypercapnic respiratory failure due to an acute exacerbation of COPD?
Gershman
Ari J
AJ
Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Reddy
Anita J
AJ
Budev
Marie M
MM
Mazzone
Peter J
PJ
D000208:Acute Disease; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*