Murphy - Figure 18
In Patient Admission with Acute Hypercapnic Exacerbation of COPD
FIG. 18: The first characteristic among the inclusion criteria set out in the previous Figure is obvious; the trial tried to recruit patients who had had an inpatient admission with acute exacerbation of COPD requiring NIV.[1]
Murphy P. Chest 2017:00.
References
[1]
Murphy P, Arbane G, Bourke S, et al. Effect of home non-invasive ventilation with oxygen therapy vs oxygen therapy alone on hospital readmission or death after an acute COPD exacerbation: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. In press.