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SUBMITTER: Morales-Quinteros L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6606679 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of intensive care 20190702 1
In the past, the only treatment of acute exacerbations of obstructive diseases with hypercapnic respiratory failure refractory to medical treatment was invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Considerable technical improvements transformed extracorporeal techniques for carbon dioxide removal in an attractive option to avoid worsening respiratory failure and respiratory acidosis, and to potentially prevent or shorten the duration of IMV in patients with exacerbation of COPD and asthma. In this rev ...[more]