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Guidelines (DGP)
The guidelines for noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilation for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure from the German Society for Pneumology (DGP) address the question of when to start HMV in patients with stable hypercapnic COPD.[6] These guidelines recommend starting HMV once a patient has daytime PaCO2 values >50 mmHg or nocturnal PaCO2 values >55 mmHg.
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References
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Windisch W, Walterspacher S, Siemon K, et al. Guidelines for non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation for treatment of chronic respiratory failure. Published by the German Society for Pneumology (DGP). Pneumologie. 2010;64:640–52. doi: 10.1055/s-0030- 1255558.