HOME NON-INVASIVE MECHANICAL VENTILATION THERAPY IN ELDERLY COPD PATIENTS

Turan O., SEVİNÇ C.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.15-21, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.15-21
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Aged, Respiration, Artificial
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.