Noninvasive Ventilation

Noninvasive ventilation during exercise reduced dynamic hyperinflation and increased cycle endurance in adults with severe COPD, researchers reported in Chest.

Adults with metabolic syndrome hospitalized for COVID-19 at a hospital in France are more likely to experience deterioration and require oxygen compared with patients without metabolic syndrome, according to study findings.

Among patients with COVID-19 and moderate to severe hypoxemia, there was no significant difference in days free of respiratory support between those who received helmet noninvasive ventilation or high-flow nasal oxygen alone.

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Use of noninvasive ventilation among Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalized in the last 30 days of life increased from 2000 to 2017, especially among those with cancer and dementia, researchers reported.

Nasal high-flow oxygen therapy may be an alternative to noninvasive ventilation in patients with chronic hypercapnic COPD, according to data presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Noninvasive ventilation and lifestyle modification yielded similar long-term hospitalization rates in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome, researchers reported at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

A new clinical practice guideline addresses limited evidence and provides new recommendations for management of noninvasive ventilation in patients with COPD and chronic hypercapnia.

A meta-analysis recently published in JAMA suggests that home noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, or NIPPV, may potentially lower the risk for death, hospital admission and intubation among patients with COPD and hypercapnia.