title: Efficacy of non-invasive ventilation for hypercapnic acute respiratory failure in a general ward: details and comments.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Diseases Unit, Hospital of Sestri Levante, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: I M G
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Piroddi
authors.affiliation: Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Department, IRCSS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karamichali
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Diseases Unit, Hospital of Sestri Levante, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicolini
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esquinaz
mesh_terms: D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*