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SUBMITTER: Tissot A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4619542 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tissot Adrien A Jaffre Sandrine S Gagnadoux Frédéric F Levaillant Marc M Corne Frédéric F Chollet Sylvaine S Blanc François-Xavier FX Goupil François F Priou Pascaline P Trzepizur Wojciech W Magnan Antoine A
PloS one 20151021 10
<h4>Background</h4>Home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a widely used treatment for chronic hypoventilation but little is known on its impact in the elderly. In a multicenter prospective cohort study, we studied tolerance and efficacy of domiciliary NIV in patients aged 75 or more compared to younger ones.<h4>Methods and results</h4>264 patients with at least a six-month follow-up were analyzed. Among them, 82 were elderly. In the elderly and the younger, we found an improvement of arterial bl ...[more]