Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Feb 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEarly postoperative prophylactic noninvasive ventilation after major lung resection in COPD patients: a randomized controlled trial.
To investigate whether prophylactic postoperative NIV prevents respiratory complications following lung resection surgery in COPD patients. ⋯ Prophylactic postoperative NIV did not reduce the rate of ARE in COPD patients undergoing lung resection surgery and did not influence other postoperative complications rates, mortality rates, and duration of ICU and hospital stay.