Long-term adherence to home mechanical ventilation: a 10-year retrospective, single-centre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep-disordered breathing (SBD) can be associated with hypercapnic respiratory failure (HRF). Home Mechanical Ventilation (HMV) is the preferred long-term treatment for patients with chronic HRF. We reviewed the database of a large tertiary referral centre for HMV to study the long-term adherence to HMV in chronic hypercapnic patients.

Methods

Data on adherence and characteristics of patients who received HMV for the treatment of SDB were collected over a decade using electronic patient records. The primary outcome parameter in this study was annual non-adherence rate (patients with HMV usage of <4 hours/night in the service divided by the number of all new patients of the same year), secondary outcomes were patients' characteristics and reasons for low adherence

SUBMITTER: Masoud O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7642640 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature