Non‐invasive ventilation vs usual care
Need for intubation · Patients admitted to hospital with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
Non‐invasive ventilation probably leads to lower need for endotracheal intubation compared with usual medical care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Non‐invasive ventilation for the management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to exacerbation of chronic… 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.36 [0.28, 0.46]17 studies · 1105 participantsModerate