Long-Term Non-invasive Ventilation: Do Patients Aged Over 75 Years Differ From Younger Adults?

Long-Term Non-invasive Ventilation: Do Patients Aged Over 75 Years Differ From Younger Adults?

Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is accepted as standard of care for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) and is being increasingly implemented in older subjects. However, little is known regarding the use of NIV on a long-term basis in the very old. The outcomes of this study wer...

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Main Authors: Chloé Cantero, Dan Adler, Patrick Pasquina, Christophe Uldry, Bernard Egger, Maura Prella, Alain Bigin Younossian, Paola Soccal-Gasche, Jean-Louis Pépin, Jean-Paul Janssens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
non-invasive ventilation
elderly
prevalence
compliance
chronic obstrucive pulmonary disease
obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.556218/full

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