No place like home: initiation of non-invasive ventilation for stable severe COPD

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Editorial

Nicholas S Hill. Thorax. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;75(3):196-197.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213787. Epub 2020 Jan 29.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Nhill@Tuftsmedicalcenter.org.

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Keywords: COPD ÀÜ Mechanisms; assisted Ventilation; non invasive ventilation; pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The author is a consultant for Philips Respironics.

Home initiation of chronic non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: a randomised controlled trial.
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