The following is a summary of “End-tidal carbon dioxide during spontaneous breathing trial to predict extubation failure: A ...

Although oxygen is only one of the many modalities of therapy for acute respiratory failure in persons with chronic hypercapnia recent reports suggest that the routine use of the Ventimask for ...

France: In non-COPD patients at high risk of extubation failure, prophylactic noninvasive ventilation (NIV) alternating with ...

with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease [GOLD] stage IV D), as well as chronic hypoxemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure.