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. 2016 Mar 14;3(1):e000133.
doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2016-000133. eCollection 2016.

British Thoracic Society/Intensive Care Society Guideline for the ventilatory management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults

Craig Davidson  1 , Steve Banham  1 , Mark Elliott  2 , Daniel Kennedy  3 , Colin Gelder  4 , Alastair Glossop  5 , Colin Church  6 , Ben Creagh-Brown  7 , James Dodd  8 , Tim Felton  9 , Bernard Foëx  10 , Leigh Mansfield  11 , Lynn McDonnell  12 , Robert Parker  13 , Caroline Patterson  14 , Milind Sovani  15 , Lynn Thomas  16
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British Thoracic Society/Intensive Care Society Guideline for the ventilatory management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults

Craig Davidson et al. BMJ Open Respir Res. .
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Keywords: Non invasive ventilation.

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Figure 1
Summary for providing acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV).
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Guide to initial settings and aims with IMV. IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation.
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Figure 3
The three phases of patient management in AHRF.
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