BiPap in COPD Exacerbations

Today’s morning report was about the use of BiPap in COP exacerbations.

Here is a seminal paper from the NEJM re: BiPap use in COPD exacerbations. This was the first paper to show that non-invasive positive pressure ventilation had a morbidity and mortality benefit in patients with severe COPD exacerbations.

And here is a link to the GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease), which is the body that released the criteria for COPD severity.