… positive pressure ventilation in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure. It application reduces
… to moderate respiratory acidosis. COPD with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure became …

… The physiological basis of respiratory failure in stable COPD and its … of respiratory failure
in the COPD patient who becomes acutely ill. This may represent a deterioration in the patient's …

… in airway function and respiratory symptoms in patients with COPD. These exacerbations …
of florid respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. The average patient with COPD …

… muscle recruitment in patients with COPD experiencing acute respiratory failure by inserting
fine-wire electrodes into the sternomastoid muscles of patients undergoing a weaning trial (…

… with hypercapnic respiratory failure. We hypothesized NIV reverses respiratory failure by
one or all of increased ventilatory response to carbon-dioxide, reduced respiratory muscle …

… COPD patients having severe EXCOPD requiring NIMV for global respiratory failure, we
measured respiratory mechanics during both EXCOPD (T0) and once the patients achieved a …

… -term outcome of COPD patients treated with NPPV versus … in 28 consecutive patients with
severe exacerbation of COPD … in COPD patients with acute on chronic respiratory failure (…

… of saturation and arterial blood gases in COPD patients is of major importance, not only in
patients with low lung function but also in patients with high frequency of exacerbations or low …

… We found that the rate of NIV failure in the subgroup of 21 COPD patients who had CAP as …
to 65% for the 43 patients with COPD exacerbation (P=0.59). Two patients with CAP (9%) and …

… -state COPD patients, deep breathing brings the respiratory … indicates that hypercapnic
COPD patients choose to act as “… Since COPD patients are characterised by increased airflow …