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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease * 9: management of ventilatory failure in COPD
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. paul.plant@leedsth.nhs.uk
Thorax
|May 31, 2003
Abstract:
The management of respiratory failure during acute exacerbations of COPD and during chronic stable COPD is reviewed and the role of non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation is discussed.