Open AccessMonitoring Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: Comparison between Ventilator Built-in Software and Respiratory Polygraphy
Author(s) -
Ramón Fernández Álvarez,
Claudio Rabec,
Gemma Rubinos Cuadrado,
Juan Alejandro Cascón Hernandez,
Patricia Rodriguez-Rodriguez,
Marjolaine Georges,
Pere Casán
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000454954
Subject(s) - obesity hypoventilation syndrome , medicine , peak inspiratory pressure , hypoventilation , ventilation (architecture) , kappa , cohen's kappa , apnea , bland–altman plot , obstructive sleep apnea , limits of agreement , anesthesia , respiratory system , nuclear medicine , tidal volume , statistics , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , engineering
Polygraphy (PG) remains the standard method of assessing noninvasive ventilation (NIV) effectiveness. Built-in software (BIS) of recent NIV equipment provides estimates of some ventilator parameters, but their usefulness is unclear.