Non-invasive ventilation in the elderly – never too late!

Abstract

Dear Editor, Practising evidence-based medicine in an ageing population is challenging. Nevertheless, using age as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure contraindication is less and less common. Domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in chronic respiratory failure patients has been largely used; however, data from older people is scarce...

Keywords

• non invasive ventilation
• elderly
• ageing