Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Age
40–75
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure requiring noninvasive ventilation and with no indication for invasive mechanical ventilation will be included in the study.
You may not be if
Patient with any contraindication for insertion of nasogastric tube (like recent gastrointestinal bleeding in previous 30 days, Esophageal varices)
Patient with any established contraindication of noninvasive ventilation. (Like Hemodynamic instability, active GI bleed etc)
Patients with a known neuromuscular, Central or peripheral nervous system disorder.
