title: Extracorporeal lung support for COPD reaches a crossroad.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory and Critical Care, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Specialistic, Diagnostic and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza e di Torino, Università di Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy. Electronic address: marco.ranieri@unito.it.
authors.forename: V Marco
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ranieri
mesh_terms: D000142:Acidosis, Respiratory / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000379:methods; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology