Head-To-Head Comparison of Treatment Failure and Costs among COPD Patients Who Used Noninvasive Ventilation in the Ward versus in the ICU: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

Background. Head-to-head comparison of treatment failure and costs among chronic obstruct pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who used noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the ward versus in the ICU is lacking. Methods. This retrospective study was performed in a department of respiratory and critical car...

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Main Authors: Yueling Hong, Qiao Liu, Linfu Bai, Lei Jiang, Xiaoli Han, Shicong Huang, Wenhui Hu, Jun Duan, Chuanbo Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6682589
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