Extracorporeal lung support for COPD reaches a crossroad

Lancet Respir Med. 2014 May;2(5):350-2. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70099-2.

Authors

Stefano Nava¹, V Marco Ranieri²

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory and Critical Care, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Department of Specialistic, Diagnostic and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy.
² Dipartimento di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza e di Torino, Università di Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126, Torino, Italy. Electronic address: marco.ranieri@unito.it.

PMID: 24815802
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(14)70099-2

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Acidosis, Respiratory / etiology
Acidosis, Respiratory / therapy*
Extracorporeal Circulation / methods*
Humans
Hypercapnia / etiology
Hypercapnia / therapy*
Noninvasive Ventilation / methods
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy*
Pulmonary Gas Exchange / physiology