Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hospitalized patients with compensated hypercapnic respiratory failure have high rates of mortality and health ...

In 11 patients with severe cases of COPD and hypercapnic respiratory failure, lung volume reduction coil treatment was associated with significant decreases in carbon dioxide levels and improvement in ...

Starting noninvasive ventilation at home (NIVH) early after diagnosis was correlated with lower risk of death and reduced Medicare spending for patients with hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) did not differ significantly between younger and older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffering from chronic hypercapnic respiratory ...

Following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, targeting mild hypercapnia vs normocapnia during IMV was linked to less right ventricular dysfunction.

What are the clinical indicators for the different types of CRF, and when should one suspect its presence when not specifically documented by the provider? Q: Our coding team is having trouble ...

August 17, 2020 -- A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology has released new clinical practice guidelinesto help advise clinicians on the optimal ...

TWO patients seen recently at the University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals presented severe chronic pulmonary insufficiency and hypercapnia complicated by systemic alkalosis. The alkalosis was ...

No benefit of high-flow therapy (HFT) can be derived from the available study data for patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or chronic type 1 respiratory failure. It ...

Medical researchers have released new clinical practice guidelines to help advise clinicians on the optimal management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic ...