Nocturnal non-invasive nasal ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD: a randomised controlled trial.

McEvoy, R D; Pierce, R J; Hillman, D; Esterman, A; Ellis, E E; Catcheside, P G; O'Donoghue, F J; Barnes, D J; Grunstein, R R

McEvoy, R D; Pierce, R J; Hillman, D; Esterman, A; Ellis, E E; Catcheside, P G; O'Donoghue, F J; Barnes, D J; Grunstein, R R.

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McEvoy RD; Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Repatriation General Hospital and Flinders University, Australia. doug.mcevoy@health.sa.gov.au

Thorax ; 64(7): 561-6, 2009 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19213769

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Hypercapnia/therapy; Positive-Pressure Respiration/methods; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/therapy; Affect; Aged; Carbon Dioxide/blood; Female; Forced Expiratory Volume; Humans; Hypercapnia/etiology; Hypercapnia/physiopathology; Male; Partial Pressure; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology; Quality of Life; Survival Analysis; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Positive-Pressure Respiration / Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Hypercapnia Type of study: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Year: 2009 Type: Article

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