Domiciliary non-invasive ventilation post lung transplantation.
Sakhee KotechaCatherine BuchanKerry ParkerJo ToghillEldho PaulBelinda MillerMatthew T NaughtonGregory SnellEli DabscheckPublished in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2017)
This is the first case series to describe the use of domiciliary NIV post-LTx. Patients commenced on NIV post-LTx had severely impaired lung function and severe hypercapnia. Patients with diaphragmatic palsy often recovered. The mortality rate was high in chronic allograft dysfunction.
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