title: Intubation after noninvasive ventilation failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: is it properly evaluated?
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Hospital, Panamericana Clinic bPulmonology Department, Military Hospital cDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Intensive Care, Santa Maria Clinic, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
authors.forename: Killen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Briones Claudett
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*