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    Physiological and clinical effects of diurnal noninvasive ventilation in hypercapnic COPD
    (EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, 2005) Diaz, O; Begin, P; Andresen, M; Prieto, ME; Castillo, C; Jorquera Arévalo, Jorge Antonio; Lisboa, C
    To assess the clinical impact of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) on stable hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, changes in exercise capacity, dyspnoea and simple physiological parameters were evaluated. The time course of these effects during treatment and recovery was also assessed.