Switch of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome: a pilot study

ORFANOS ; JAFFUEL ; PERRIN ; MOLINARI ; CHANEZ ; PALOT

Type de document
ARTICLE A COMITE DE LECTURE REPERTORIE DANS BDI (ACL)
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anglais
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ORFANOS ; JAFFUEL ; PERRIN ; MOLINARI ; CHANEZ ; PALOT
Résumé / Abstract
Obesity is a major worldwide public health issue. The main respiratory complication stemming from obesity is obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). Most of the OHS patients diagnosed during an exacerbation are treated with non invasive ventilation (NIV). Up to date, no prospective study has demonstrated in real life conditions the feasibility of a systematic protocoled switch of NIV to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), once stability is achieved.
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