Anemia and health performance score evaluation as decisive factors for noninvasive mechanical ventilation decisions in AECOPD: are there new key cornerstones?

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2014 Jan 30:9:151-2. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S57085. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Antonio M Esquinas¹, Marco Confalonieri²

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.
² Department of Pneumology, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anemia*
Female
Humans
Hypercapnia / blood*
Male
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*
Respiratory Insufficiency*