Long-term survival for COPD patients receiving noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2013
- Volume
- 8
- Pages
- 215–219
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.2147/COPD.S42632
- PMID: 23650445
- Source
- Medline
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
The mortality rate of patients receiving NIV is high, as expected in a real-life setting, but with a 5-year survival rate of 23.7% with a trend towards more female than male long-term survivors.
