Increasing severity with unchanged in-hospital mortality in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) at a respiratory ward-based non-invasive ventilation (NIV) unit

J. Bwika, S. Bikmalla, H. Lewis, B. Chakraborty, N. Amran, B. Beauchamp, J. Lodhia, R. Mukherjee (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –New evidence for NIV in the acute setting
Session: New evidence for NIV in the acute setting
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4760
Disease area: Airway diseases, Respiratory critical care

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J. Bwika, S. Bikmalla, H. Lewis, B. Chakraborty, N. Amran, B. Beauchamp, J. Lodhia, R. Mukherjee (Birmingham, United Kingdom). Increasing severity with unchanged in-hospital mortality in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) at a respiratory ward-based non-invasive ventilation (NIV) unit. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 4760

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