학술논문
Long-Term Non-invasive Ventilation: Do Patients Aged Over 75 Years Differ From Younger Adults?
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 7 (2020)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2296-858X
Abstract
Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is accepted as standard of care for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) and is being increasingly implemented in older subjects. However, little is known regarding the use of NIV on a long-term basis in the very old. The outcomes of this study were: 1/to report the proportion of patients ≥ 75 years old (elderly) among a large group of long-term NIV users and its trend since 2000; 2/to compare this population to a younger population (