By 2020, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be the third cause of mortality.
Extrapulmonary comorbidities influence the prognosis of patients with COPD. Tobacco …

Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation has become a standard of care for patients with
chronic lung diseases. This document provides a systematic, evidence-based review of the …

Background: Sleep hypoventilation has been proposed as a cause of progressive
hypercapnic respiratory failure and death in patients with severe chronic obstructive …

Rationale The conventional approach of low-intensity non-invasive positive pressure
ventilation (NPPV) produces only minimal physiological and clinical benefits in patients with …

Introduction The effects of nocturnal noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in
patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remain controversial …

Die außerklinische Beatmung über einen invasiven oder nichtinvasiven Beatmungszugang
ist mittlerweile etablierter Standard. Entsprechend wurde bereits im Jahr 2010 unter der …

The present multicentre study was aimed at comparably assessing the benefits and burdens
associated with home mechanical ventilation (HMV). Hospitalisation, side-effects and health …

Background: The overlap syndrome, defined by concurrent existence of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is associated with poor …

Background: The objective of the present analysis is to describe the outcomes of high-
intensity non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) aimed at maximally decreasing …

Study objectives The role of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) has been well
established in the treatment of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to COPD. However …