title: Does noninvasive positive pressure ventilation have a role in managing hypercapnic respiratory failure due to an acute exacerbation of COPD?
authors.affiliation: Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Ari J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gershman
authors.forename: Anita J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Marie M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Budev
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Mazzone
mesh_terms: 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*