Abstract
Objective To study the clinical value of home non-invasive positive pressure ventilation(NIPPV) in patients with stable-phase chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)and chronic respiratory failure.Methods Stable COPD patients complicated with chronic respiratory failure received Bi-level positive airway pressure ventilation.The frequency of acute exacerbation,admissiontimes-admission expending,blood gas analysis were compared in these patients with those received long term oxygen therapy. Results After one year home non-invasive positive pressure ventilation,PaCO2,HCO-3 were decreased,while pH and PaO2 increased.Compared with patients received long term oxygen therapy,PaCO2 was greatly ameliorated and the frequency of acute exacerbation,admission times and admission expending declined.Conclusions Home non-invasive positive pressure ventilation will do good to COPD patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure during stable phase. Key words: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation; Respiratory failure; Long term oxygen therapy
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