@article{oai:jichi-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000065,
 author = {Ishiguro, Yasunao and Hyodo, Masanobu and Yoshida, Toru and Endo, Hidehiko and Obara, Shin and Itoh, Chie and Fujii, Hitoshi and T. Lefor, Alan and Yasuda, Yoshikazu},
 journal = {自治医科大学紀要, Jichi Medical University Journal},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {We prospectively analyze the effectiveness of NPPV on the elderly patient after abdominal surgery. More than 75 years old twenty patients included the study in our hospital from Oct 2010 to Mar 2011. They were randomly assigned to the NPPV group or the No-NPPV group. The Backgrounds of the both groups didn’t differ significantly. A ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen (P/F ratio) is higher in the NPPV group (P<0.05) on the first postoperative day. There is no difference about the rate of the postoperative morbidity and the length of hospital stay between two groups. NPPV keeps oxygenation of the elderly abdominal surgical patients in the first postoperative day.},
 pages = {41--46},
 title = {Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for elderly patients after abdominal surgery：Results from a Japanese rural community hospital},
 volume = {36},
 year = {2014}
}