Noninvasive ventilation in severe stable COPD: is it effective, and if so, in what way?

Noninvasive ventilation in severe stable COPD: is it effective, and if so, in what way?

We read with interest the systematic review of KOLODZIEJ et al. [1] about noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) in severe stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). First of all, we would like to compliment the authors on their excellent review. It is extremely important that good-quality reviews are published in the field of NPPV in severe stable COPD. The development of n...

in translation: translators on their work and what it means

کتاب در باب ترجمه، اثر استر آلن و سوزان برنوفسکی منتشر شده در ماه می 2013 توسط نشریه کلمبیا است. نویسندگان در این کتاب به بررسی 18 مترجم با در نظر گرفتن نقش آثاری که این مترجمان ترجمه کرده اند میپردازند. کتاب به دو بخش تقسیم میشود: " مترجم در جهان" و " کار مترجم" این دو بخش مقالات همیشگی ترجمه و موقعیت خاص ادبیات بیگانه در جهان وسیع امروزی را مورد خطاب قرار میدهد. در این کتاب مقالات متعددی از ن...

Current status of noninvasive ventilation in stable COPD patients

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been one of the major advances in respiratory medicine in the last decade. NIV improves quality of life, prolongs survival, and improves gas exchange and sleep quality in restrictive patients, but evidence available now does not allow us to establish clear criteria for prescribing NIV in patients with chronic respiratory failure due to COPD. On the basis of the...

Systematic review of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in severe stable COPD.

The present systematic review examined the effectiveness of bilevel noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in the management of chronic respiratory failure (CRF) due to severe stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and non-RCTs (crossover design) of adults with severe stable COPD and CRF receiving bilevel NIPPV via nasal, oronasal or ...

Does Noninvasive Ventilation Have a Role in Severe COPD?