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Literature exclusion flowchart. Each publication was independently assessed and excluded in order by participants, intervention, comparator, outcome(s), and study design, with 14 studies remaining. ASV = adaptive servoventilation; BPAP = bilevel pressure ventilation; HF = heart failure; VE/VCO2 = ventilatory equivalent ratio for CO2; VO2 = oxygen consumption.
