Predictive value of daily living score in acute respiratory failure of COPD patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation pilot study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mechanical ventilation (MV) is imperative in many forms of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in COPD patients. Previous studies have shown the difficulty to identify parameters predicting the outcome of COPD patients treated by invasiv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Pulmonary Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/12/66 |