Long-Term Home Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation Increases Systemic Inflammatory Response in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

• Gregorino Paone,
• Vittoria Conti,
• Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai,
• Elena De Falco,
• Isotta Chimenti,
• Mariangela Peruzzi,
• Corrado Mollica,
• Gianluca Monaco,
• Gilda Giannunzio,
• Giuseppe Brunetti,
• Giovanni Schmid,
• V. Marco Ranieri,
• Giacomo Frati

Affiliations

Gregorino Paone

Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic, Anesthesiological, and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy

Vittoria Conti

Department of Respiratory Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Via della Pisana 235, 00163 Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Italy

Elena De Falco

Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Italy

Isotta Chimenti

Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Italy

Mariangela Peruzzi

Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Italy

Corrado Mollica

Department of Respiratory Diseases, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00152 Rome, Italy

Gianluca Monaco

Department of Respiratory Diseases, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00152 Rome, Italy

Gilda Giannunzio

Department of Respiratory Diseases, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00152 Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Brunetti

Department of Respiratory Diseases, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Circonvallazione Gianicolense 87, 00152 Rome, Italy

Giovanni Schmid

IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi-Onlus, Via Maresciallo Caviglia 30, 00194 Rome, Italy

V. Marco Ranieri

Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, S. Giovanni Battista Molinette Hospital, University of Turin, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Turin, Italy

Giacomo Frati

Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Italy