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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 9: Management of ventilatory failure in COPD

Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK

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Dr P K Plant, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Level 7, Gledhow Wing, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK;
paul.plant{at}leedsth.nhs.uk

ABSTRACT
The management of respiratory failure during acute exacerbations of COPD and during chronic stable COPD is reviewed and the role of non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation is discussed.

Keywords: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ventilatory failure

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