Long-term adherence with non-invasive ventilation improves prognosis in obese COPD patients
Résumé
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has become a widespread modality of treatment in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with chronic respiratory failure. However, benefits in terms of patient-related outcomes are still under debate. Both NIV adherence and heterogeneous responses in different COPD phenotypes may contribute to the difficulty of demonstrating NIV benefits. Our aim was to assess the impact of NIV adherence on the rate of hospitalization for acute exacerbation and death.
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01192451.