Noninvasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the emergency department: early predictors of in-hospital outcome

Submitted: 11 February 2013
Accepted: 11 February 2013
Published: 19 July 2012
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The applications of early non-invasive ventilation (NIV) are nowadays expanding in the Emergency Department (ED) for the treatment of different types and etiologies of acute respiratory failure (ARF) Emergency physicians (EP) often face the challenge of predicting short-term outcomes for patients with ARF in the ED

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Ferrari, R., Giostra, F., Agostinelli, D., Monti, G., Pomata, D. P., & Cavazza, M. (2012). Noninvasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the emergency department: early predictors of in-hospital outcome. Emergency Care Journal, 8(2), 43. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2012.2.43

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