Early prehospital use of non-invasive ventilation improves acute respiratory failure in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 626-627

  Schmidbauer, Willi ^a   Ahlers, Olaf ^b   Spies, Claudia ^b   Dreyer, Anke ^a   Mager, Georg ^c   Kerner, Thoralf ^b,d  

^a Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^d Asklepios Klinik Harburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; NON INVASIVE VENTILATION; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79959605636     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.089102     Document Type: Article

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