Abstract
Background: Long-term non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) might improve the outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with chronic respiratory failure. A study was undertaken to investigate whether nocturnal NIPPV in addition to pulmonary rehabilitation improves health-related quality of life, functional status and gas exchange compared with pulmonary rehabilitation alone in patients with COPD with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure.
Methods: 72 patients with COPD were randomly assigned to nocturnal NIPPV in addition to rehabilitation (n = 37) or rehabilitation alone (n = 35). Outcome measures were assessed before and after the 3-month intervention period.
Results: The Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire total score improved 15.1 points with NIPPV + rehabilitation compared with 8.7 points with rehabilitation alone. The difference of 7.5 points was not significant (p = 0.08). However, compared with rehabilitation alone, the difference in the fatigue domain was greater with NIPPV + rehabilitation (mean difference 3.3 points, p
Conclusion: Non-invasive ventilation augments the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure as it improves several measures of health-related quality of life, functional status and gas exchange.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1052-1057 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Thorax |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec-2008 |
Keywords
- OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE
- POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION
- CHRONIC RESPIRATORY-FAILURE
- QUALITY-OF-LIFE
- RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL
- CHRONIC LUNG-DISEASE
- OXYGEN-THERAPY
- MECHANICAL VENTILATION
- STABLE COPD
- EFFICACY