Open AccessIs Outpatient Control of Long-Term Non-Invasive Ventilation Feasible in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients?
Author(s) -
Sarah Bettina Schwarz,
Jens Callegari,
Christine Hamm,
Wolfram Windisch,
Friederike Sophie Magnet
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 - 10.1159/000484569
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , pulmonary disease , ventilation (architecture) , outpatient clinic , respiratory system , emergency medicine , pediatrics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an established and increasingly used treatment option for patients with chronic hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Following inpatient NIV establishment, inpatient control visits regularly occur thereafter. However, it remains unclear whether such control visits can also be performed in an outpatient setting, which, in turn, would reduce costs, patient burden and the complications related to hospitalization.