Non-invasive ventilation in the elderly - never too late!

Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2021 Apr 1. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2021.1796. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDear Editor, Practising evidence-based medicine in an ageing population is challenging. Nevertheless, using age as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure contraindication is less and less common. Domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in chronic respiratory failure patients has been largely used; however, data from older people is scarce...PMID:33794594 | DOI:10.4081/monaldi.2021.1796
Source: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Source Type: research