Comorbidities and mortality in hypercapnic obese under domiciliary noninvasive ventilation.

Comorbidities and mortality in hypercapnic obese under domiciliary noninvasive ventilation.

<h4>Background</h4>The higher mortality rate in untreated patients with obesity-associated hypoventilation is a strong rationale for long-term noninvasive ventilation (NIV). The impacts of comorbidities, medications and NIV compliance on survival of these patients remain largely unexplor...

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Main Authors: Jean-Christian Borel, Benoit Burel, Renaud Tamisier, Sonia Dias-Domingos, Jean-Philippe Baguet, Patrick Levy, Jean-Louis Pepin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23341888/?tool=EBI

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