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Pneumothorax in patients with COPD and emphysema receiving home chronic non-invasive ventilation: is it the emphysema phenotype or ventilator setting?
BMJ case reports - 2 Jan 2023
Sloots Joanne M, Duiverman Marieke L
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We describe three patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema who developed a pneumothorax while receiving chronic home non-invasive ventilation (NIV). These cases raise the question whether the high alveolar pressures given by NIV may have contributed to the development of their pneumothorax by barotrauma. Pneumothorax in patients with COPD receiving NIV is uncommon, the pressures in...
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