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E195 backgrounds in clinical and/or nonclinical expertise: 15 were experts in critical care …

Background Identifying the predictors of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) failure has attracted
significant interest because of the strong link between failure and poor outcomes. However …

Since the last statements on pulmonary rehabilitation by the American Thoracic Society
(ATS; 1999) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS; 1997), there have been numerous …

Breathing out against resistance, in order to achieve positive expiratory pressure (PEP), is
applied by many patient groups. Pursed lips breathing and a variety of devices can be used …

Introduction Weaning protocols that include noninvasive ventilation (NIV) decrease re-
intubation rates and ICU length of stay. However, impaired airway clearance is associated …

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is
performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is disabling, with symptoms such as chronic
cough, phlegm, wheezing, shortness of breath and increased infections of the respiratory …

Purpose: Update of a clinical practice guideline for the physiotherapy management of
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease supporting the clinical decision-making …

This systematic review aimed to systematise the different designs used to deliver pulmonary
rehabilitation during acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) and explore which ones are …

Beatmungstherapie stellt einen zentralen und wesentlichen Bestandteil der modernen
Intensivmedizin dar. Sie kommt bei Patienten mit schwerer respiratorischer Insuffizienz …