What is the remaining status of adaptive servo-ventilation? The results of a real-life multicenter study (OTRLASV-study) : Adaptive servo-ventilation in real-life conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

As a consequence of the increased mortality observed in the SERVE-HF study, many questions concerning the safety and rational use of ASV in other indications emerged. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of ASV-treated patients in real-life conditions.

Methods

The OTRLASV-study is a prospective, 5-centre study including patients who underwent ASV-treatment for at least 1 year. Patients were consecutively included in the study during the annual visit imposed for ASV-reimbursement renewal.

Results

177/214 patients were analysed (87.57% male) with a median (IQ_25-75) age of 71 (65-77) years, an ASV-treatment duration of 2.88 (1.76-4.96) years, an ASV-usage of 6.52 (5.13-7.65) hours/day, and 54.8% were previously treated

SUBMITTER: Jaffuel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6819598 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature