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Hospitalized patients with acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure due to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) have increased short-term mortality. Hospital discharge with noninvasive ventilation may reduce mortality.

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This page is a summary of: The Effect of Hospital Discharge with Empiric Noninvasive Ventilation on Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, May 2020, American Thoracic Society,
DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201912-887oc.
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