title: Natural history and risk stratification of patients undergoing non-invasive ventilation in a non-ICU setting for severe COPD exacerbations.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Maggiore della Carità", C.so Mazzini 18, 28100, Novara, Italy. pierpaolo.sainaghi@med.uniupo.it.
authors.forename: Pier Paolo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sainaghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Azzurra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Re
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Mattia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellan
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.|Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Sant'Andrea Hospital, ASL VC, Vercelli, Italy.|CRRF Mons. L. Novarese, Moncrivello, VC, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navalesi
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Maggiore della Carità", C.so Mazzini 18, 28100, Novara, Italy.|Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirisi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D063087:Noninvasive Ventilation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D014336:Troponin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014336:Troponin