title: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. BET 3: non-invasive ventilation in hypercapnic coma.
authors.affiliation: Scunthorpe General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: Huw
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hockey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003128:Coma / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*