Known or suspected COPD diagnosis as assessed by the attending physicians
Admitted to a medical intensive care unit (MICU), respiratory intensive care unit, or MICU
Hypercapnic respiratory distress
NIV indication determined by the physician
Covered by social security
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Pregnant or breastfeeding women
Other obstructive diseases (asthma, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, bronchiolitis, pulmonary fibrosis, restrictive thoracic syndrome) Central hypoventilation (Ondine's syndrome, iatrogenic), neurological (neuromuscular disease), osteoarticular (kyphoscoliosis), or ENT-related causes
Immediate need for intubation
Acute pulmonary edema
Contraindications to NIV (untreated pneumothorax, shock, cardiac arrest, uncontrolled vomiting, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, cervicofacial trauma, coma except when related to hypercapnia)
Patients under legal guardianship
Incarcerated individuals
Clareo Health | Survey on NIV Settings in the Intensive Care Unit for Acute Exacerbation of COPD
