No Place Like Hospital: Initiation of Home Non-invasive Ventilation in Hypercapnic COPD

Home non-invasive ventilation use following acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in COPD.

RATIONALE Patients with COPD and hypercapnic respiratory failure have a worse prognosis and experience a faster deterioration in their pulmonary function. The benefit of home NPPV following an acute exacerbation of COPD with hypercapnic respiratory failure is not well understood. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of home NPPV use in patients following a hospitalization for AECOPD with acute h...

No place like HOME.

[Non-invasive home mechanical ventilation: qualification, initiation, and monitoring].

Following the introduction of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV), the number of patients using home mechanical ventilation has increased substantially and continues to rise worldwide. This is primarily explained by both the effectiveness and comfort that are offered by NPPV in most patients, and particularly in patients with chest wall and neuromuscular diseases. For clinicall...

Treatment of acute exacerbations with non-invasive ventilation in chronic hypercapnic COPD patients with pulmonary hypertension.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a slowly progressive airways disorder characterized by not fully reversible airflow obstruction, often presenting exacerbations of respiratory symptoms requiring hospitalization. Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) has been shown to be an effective adjunct to standard medical therapy in the treatment of acute respiratory failu...

Nocturnal non-invasive ventilation in addition to rehabilitation in hypercapnic patients with COPD.

BACKGROUND Long-term non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) might improve the outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with chronic respiratory failure. A study was undertaken to investigate whether nocturnal NIPPV in addition to pulmonary rehabilitation improves health-related quality of life, functional status and gas excha...