Dreher - Figure 9
Changes in Quality of Life.
This Figure, from the same study as Figure 8,[4] shows the changes in quality of life, independent from the underlying disease. The middle (black) line shows that HRQOL increases in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure due to COPD treated with a mean IPAP of 25 mbar.
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