Noninvasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure: is it the same as in hypercapnic coma?
Department of Respiratory MedicinePanamericana ClinicDepartment of Respiratory Medicine-Intensive CareSanta Maria ClinicPulmonology DepartmentMilitary HospitalGuayaquil, Ecuador.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency