Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hospitalized patients with compensated hypercapnic respiratory failure have high rates of mortality and health ...

Starting noninvasive ventilation at home (NIVH) early after diagnosis was correlated with lower risk of death and reduced Medicare spending for patients with hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

In acute respiratory failure, the usual exchange between oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO2) in the lungs does not occur. As a result, the heart, brain, and other organs cannot get enough oxygen. A person ...

August 17, 2020 -- A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology has released new clinical practice guidelinesto help advise clinicians on the optimal ...

INTRODUCTION Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has changed the prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffering from hypercapnic exacerbations. OBJECTIVES The aim of the ...

This was a well-done, very detailed study. It's also depressing. The results leave me wondering what we can do with the data. The high rates of tobacco use worldwide and rising obesity levels in first ...

In 11 patients with severe cases of COPD and hypercapnic respiratory failure, lung volume reduction coil treatment was associated with significant decreases in carbon dioxide levels and improvement in ...

Hypercapnic patients were best separated from normocapnic patients using thresholds for FVC% of 56% predicted and 33% predicted for FEV1%. Hypercapnia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Respiratory Distress' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Medical researchers have released new clinical practice guidelines to help advise clinicians on the optimal management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic ...