Background Non‐invasive ventilation (NIV) with bi‐level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) is
commonly used to treat patients admitted to hospital with acute hypercapnic respiratory …

… (NIPPV) can improve both hypercapnia and respiratory … support in patients with hypercapnic
respiratory failure (11). … alveolar ventilation during acute exacerbations with hypercapnic …

… ), and the role of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for its treatment … a unique feature of acute
exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). … associated with acidosis and hypercapnia, despite most of …

… Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has revolutionized the management of hypercapnic exacerbations
… NIV in ‘real-life’ patients admitted to hospital with a hypercapnic exacerbation of COPD. …

… A chart of failure risk for noninvasive ventilation in patients with COPD exacerbation. Eur …
A chart of failure risk for noninvasive ventilation in patients with COPD exacerbation. Eur Respir …

… after COPD exacerbations treated with invasive ventilation in … patients surviving a hypercapnic
exacerbation treated with NIV … outcome after hypercapnic COPD exacerbations requiring …

… of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
exacerbations … chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure admitted to the hospital with acute …

… , individuals with severe hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to exacerbations of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease are among the best responders to non-invasive ventilation, …

… Noninvasive ventilation is well established as the ventilatory modality of first choice to treat
acute or acute-on-chronic hypercapnic … of non-invasive ventilation for acute exacerbations of …

… the disease often presents exacerbations of respiratory … Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) via
nasal or full face mask has … and hypercapnic respiratory failure caused by exacerbations of …