Determinants of noninvasive ventilation success or failure in morbidly obese patients in acute respiratory failure.

Determinants of noninvasive ventilation success or failure in morbidly obese patients in acute respiratory failure.

<h4>Purpose</h4>Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common life-threatening complication in morbidly obese patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). We aimed to identify the determinants of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) success or failure for this indication.<h4>Method...

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Main Authors: Malcolm Lemyze, Pauline Taufour, Alain Duhamel, Johanna Temime, Olivier Nigeon, Nicolas Vangrunderbeeck, Stéphanie Barrailler, Gaëlle Gasan, Florent Pepy, Didier Thevenin, Jihad Mallat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24819141/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24819141/?tool=EBI

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