Another step for noninvasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients!.docVIP

Jaber and Chanques Critical Care 2010,14:163 /content/14/3/163 COMMENTARY Another step for noninvasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients! Samir Jaber* and Gerald Chanques See related research by Scala et al., /content/14/2/R80 moderate to severe hypercapnic encephalopathy due to Abstract COPD [4,5]. Diagnostic or therapeutic ? exible ? breoptic The use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who are not eligible for the technique because of their incapability to spontaneously eliminate a