Is Outpatient Control of Long-Term Non-Invasive Ventilation Feasible in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients? | Zendy

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Is 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.

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