Effect of the presence of pneumonia on noninvasive ventilation success in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cases with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure


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AKPINAR S., Rollas K., Akpinar E. E., ALAGOZ A., UCAR N., SIPIT Y. T.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.43, sa.3, ss.373-378, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

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Aim: To investigate the effect of the presence of pneumonia on the success of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cases with acute respiratory failure.