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Non-invasive ventilation in the elderly – never too late!

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Published
1 April 2021
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Letters to the Editor
DOI
10.4081/monaldi.2021.1796

Abstract

Dear Editor,

Practising evidence-based medicine in an ageing population is challenging. Nevertheless, using age as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure contraindication is less and less common. Domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in chronic respiratory failure patients has been largely used; however, data from older people is scarce...

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