Is a four-hour use of non-invasive ventilation enough to define compliance?

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 250-252

  Pinto, Susana ^a   De Carvalho, Mamede ^a,b  

^a University of Lisbon   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NON INVASIVE VENTILATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649326192     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482960903214480     Document Type: Letter

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