title: Non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: management of acute type 2 respiratory failure.
abstract: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in the management of acute type 2 respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents one of the major technical advances in respiratory care over the last decade. This document updates the 2002 British Thoracic Society guidance and provides a specific focus on the use of NIV in COPD patients with acute type 2 respiratory failure. While there are a variety of ventilator units available most centres now use bi-level positive airways pressure units and this guideline refers specifically to this form of ventilatory support although many of the principles encompassed are applicable to other forms of NIV. The guideline has been produced for the clinician caring for COPD patients in the emergency and ward areas of acute hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Reinhardt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scales
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mikelsons
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Restrick
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Plant
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D006113:United Kingdom