HOME NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION THERAPY IN ELDERLY COPD PATIENTS

Turan O., SEVİNÇ C.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, vol.18, no.1, pp.15-21, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.15-21
  • Keywords: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Aged, Respiration, Artificial, POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION, OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE, RESPIRATORY-FAILURE, EXACERBATIONS, MANAGEMENT, PATTERNS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: Home non-invasive mechanical ventilation has been widely used in recent years as a treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. We aimed to evaluate the use of home mechanical ventilation therapy in elderly patients.