Hypercapnia Response in Patients with Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome Treated with Non-Invasive Ventilation at Home.

CONCLUSION: In total, 63% of OHS patients had RC dysfunction. The application of NIV improves RC function but not in all cases. PMID: 29871766 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Archivos de Bronconeumologia - June 2, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Fernández Álvarez R, Rubinos Cuadrado G, Ruiz Alvarez I, Hermida Valverde T, Iscar Urrutia M, Vázquez Lopez MJ, Casan Clara P Tags: Arch Bronconeumol Source Type: research

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