Prospective cross-sectional multicenter study on domiciliary noninvasive ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD patients
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, vol.13, pp.2367-2374, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 13
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.2147/copd.s164384
- Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.2367-2374
- Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Background: Domiciliary noninvasive ventilation (NIV) use in stable hypercarbic COPD is becoming increasingly widespread. However, treatment compliance criteria and factors related to compliance remain to be defined.