title: Failure of Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Need to Identify Borderline Patients.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center Intensive Care, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Guy W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Soo Hoo
authors.forename: Antonio M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Esquinas
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial