TY - JOUR T1 - Non-invasive ventilation in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Results from an anonymous survey of physicians JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - s55 LP - s55 DO - 10.7861/fhj.7.1.s55 VL - 7 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Chandrashekar Malapanjudi Jagadish AU - Samiksha Gupta AU - Rehan Quadery Y1 - 2020/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/7/Suppl_1/s55.abstract N2 - Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an evidence-based treatment modality for patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF). It has been shown to reduce mortality, in-hospital complications, length of stay and is cost effective compared to invasive ventilation. Despite this, data from UK has shown higher mortality and a wide variation in practice in the use of NIV in AHRF. … ER -