Home Ventilation
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Home mechanical ventilation.
Mechanical ventilation originated as an in-hospital service but there is now an increasing demand for provision at home [1]. This is a consequence of social pressures, a better understanding of the significance of nocturnal hypoventilation in the pathogencsis of respiratory failure, and an awareness of respiratory muscle fatigue. It is important to recognize that there are two quite different c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Respiratory Journal
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1198-2241
DOI: 10.1155/2002/106348