Metabolomics in COPD Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

We aimed to investigate whether metabolomic analysis can discriminate acute respiratory failure due to COPD exacerbation from respiratory failure due to heart failure and pneumonia. Since COPD exacerbation is often overdiagnosed, we focused on those COPD exacerbations that were severe enough to requ...

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Main Authors: Spyridon Fortis, Elizabeth R. Lusczek, Craig R. Weinert, Greg J. Beilman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9480346
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