Avoiding invasive mechanical ventilation by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal in patients failing noninvasive ventilation.
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Abstract
To evaluate whether extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal by means of a pumpless extracorporeal lung-assist (PECLA) device could be an effective and safe alternative to invasive mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic pulmonary disease and acute hypercapnic ventilatory failure not responding to noninvasive ventilation (NIV).
Bibliographical data
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 10 |
| ISSN | 0342-4642 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| pubmed | 22836139 |
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