Predictors for long-term mortality in COPD patients requiring non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for the treatment of acute respiratory failure.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The effectiveness of non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) in the management of COPD patients suffering from acute respiratory failure (ARF) as a consequence of exacerbation of the disease, is well established. However, data on long-term outcomes and their predictors, including the individual response to NIV, are scarce.

Objectives

To investigate predictors for short- and long-term mortality in this study population.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed including all patients admitted to the Medium Respiratory Care Unit of Maastricht University Medical Center in Maastricht, the Netherlands, with hospitalized exacerbation of COPD (H-ECOPD) with ARF requiring NIV for the first time between January 2009 and December 2011. An extensive numbe

SUBMITTER: Sprooten RTM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756413 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature