Conclusions : These findings suggest that based on the potential for improvement in long‐term survival, non‐invasive HMV should be considered in patients with severe COPD and persistent chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure after prolonged weaning.
Conclusions: Airway caliber in asthma may be smaller than in COPD. Airflow limitations correlated more closely with peripheral airway luminal area in patients with asthma plus emphysema than in patients with asthma alone.
Conclusions: In patients with ARDS there are changes in both lung composition and the distribution of tissue and perfusion that may account in part for the physiological changes that define the syndrome.
Conclusions: Early intervention with NIV, mainly continuous positive pressure ventilation, is beneficial for the management of patients with RPIP. A randomized controlled study in a large population is needed, to confirm the value of early NIV.