RT Book, Section
A1 Windisch, Wolfram
A2 Tobin, Martin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57070101
T1 Chapter 28. Home Mechanical Ventilation
T2 Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-173626-8
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57070101
RD 2024/04/24
AB Over  the  last  three  decades,  home  mechanical  ventilation  (HMV)  has  become  a  widely  accepted  treatment  option  for  patients  with  chronic  hypercapnic  respiratory  failure  that  arises  from  different  etiologies  such  as  chronic  obstructive  pulmonary  disease  (COPD),  restrictive  thoracic  disorders,  neuromuscular  disorders,  and  obesity  hypoventilation  syndrome.1,2  There  is  increasing  evidence  that  HMV  is  capable  of  improving  symptoms,  health-related  quality  of  life  (HRQL),  and  long-term  survival  in  most  of  these  patients,1–3  although  the  impact  of  HMV  on  survival  in  patients  with  COPD  is  still  a  matter  of  debate.4,5  Thus,  HMV  should  be  considered  in  every  patient  presenting  with  symptomatic  chronic  hypercapnic  respiratory  failure.