Impact of noninvasive ventilation on the outcome of extubated chronic hypercapnic patients in the respiratory intensive care Unit
Background Patients with respiratory failure frequently require endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation to sustain life, but it has been associated with the development of many complications, making the reduction of invasive mechanical support an important goal of critical care medicine....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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Online Access: | http://www.ejcdt.eg.net/article.asp?issn=0422-7638;year=2018;volume=67;issue=3;spage=242;epage=249;aulast=ElNaggar |