Home initiation of chronic noninvasive ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure was shown to be as safe as in-hospital ...

Starting noninvasive ventilation at home (NIVH) early after diagnosis was correlated with lower risk of death and reduced Medicare spending for patients with hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

What are the clinical indicators for the different types of CRF, and when should one suspect its presence when not specifically documented by the provider? Q: Our coding team is having trouble ...

Medical researchers have released new clinical practice guidelines to help advise clinicians on the optimal management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic ...

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) did not differ significantly between younger and older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffering from chronic hypercapnic respiratory ...

A new guideline for managing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) supports the use of oral corticosteroids and antibiotic therapy in ambulatory patients having an exacerbation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hospitalized patients with compensated hypercapnic respiratory failure have high rates of mortality and health ...

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is a type of mechanical ventilation that does not require an artificial airway. Studies published in the 1990s that evaluated the efficacy of this technique ...

Non‑invasive ventilation is used to treat persistent hypercapnic ventilatory failure and acidosis during an exacerbation of COPD, when a person's arterial blood gases (especially the pH and carbon ...

Respiratory failure happens when the lungs are not able to receive enough oxygen into the blood. Here's all you need to know about the causes, risk factors, symptoms, complications and treatment of ...

August 17, 2020 -- A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology has released new clinical practice guidelinesto help advise clinicians on the optimal ...