BTS/ICS guideline for the ventilatory management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults

Affiliations

¹ British Thoracic Society, London, UK.
² St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
³ Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Respiratory Research, University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
⁵ Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
⁶ Department of Respiratory, Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Glasgow, UK.
⁷ Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
⁸ Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK North Bristol Lung Centre, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁹ University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
¹⁰ Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, Manchester, UK M13 9WL.
¹¹ University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
¹² Department of Physiotherapy, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
¹³ Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
¹⁴ CLAHRC, Imperial College, London, UK.
¹⁵ Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
¹⁶ Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.

Practice Guideline

A Craig Davidson et al. Thorax. 2016 Apr.

. 2016 Apr:71 Suppl 2:ii1-35.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208209.

¹ British Thoracic Society, London, UK.
² St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
³ Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Respiratory Research, University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
⁵ Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
⁶ Department of Respiratory, Scottish Pulmonary Vascular Unit, Glasgow, UK.
⁷ Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
⁸ Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK North Bristol Lung Centre, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁹ University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
¹⁰ Emergency Department, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, Manchester, UK M13 9WL.
¹¹ University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
¹² Department of Physiotherapy, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
¹³ Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
¹⁴ CLAHRC, Imperial College, London, UK.
¹⁵ Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
¹⁶ Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.

Erratum in

Correction.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Thorax. 2017 Jun;72(6):588. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208209corr1. Thorax. 2017. PMID: 28507077 No abstract available.

No abstract available

Keywords: Assisted Ventilation; Non invasive ventilation.