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Long-Term Noninvasive Ventilation in Chronic Stable Hypercapnic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Abstract

Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is used for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic hypercapnia. However, evidence for clinical efficacy and optimal management of therapy is limited.Target Audience: Patients with COPD, clinicians who care for them, and policy makers.Methods: We summarized evidence addressing five PICO (patients, intervention, comparator, and outcome) questions. The GRADE (Grading of …

Authors

Macrea M; Oczkowski S; Rochwerg B; Branson RD; Celli B; Coleman JM; Hess DR; Knight SL; Ohar JA; Orr JE

Journal

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 202, No. 4, pp. e74–e87

Publisher

American Thoracic Society

Publication Date

August 15, 2020

DOI

10.1164/rccm.202006-2382st

ISSN

1073-449X