Impact of a Dedicated Noninvasive Ventilation Team on Intubation and Mortality Rates in Severe COPD Exacerbations - Vaudan, Stéphanie; Ratano, Damian; Beuret, Philippe; Hauptmann, John; Contal, Olivier; Garin, Nicolas (Respiratory care, 2015)
Keywords: Aged; Disease Progression; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data; Intubation, Intratracheal - statistics & numerical data; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Noninvasive Ventilation - methods; Noninvasive Ventilation - mortality; Patient Care Team - statistics & numerical data; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - mortality; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy; Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology; Respiratory Insufficiency - mortality; Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; acute respiratory failure; noninvasive ventilation; ICU; respiratory therapist; intubation rate; COPD; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; mortality rate; stay