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- Title
Home Noninvasive Ventilation for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Respiratory Failure.
- Authors
Coleman III, John M.; Gates, Khalilah L.; Kalhan, Ravi; Coleman, John M 3rd
- Abstract
The article comments on a study on the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with hypercapnia and chronic respiratory failure. It discusses the difference between bilevel positive airway pressure, home mechanical ventilation, and NIPPV in terms of their effectiveness as mode of therapy based on outcomes including intubation, hospital admission and mortality, and timing of initiation of therapy.
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2020, Vol 323, Issue 5, p421
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2019.22484