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End of life decision making when home mechanical ventilation is used to sustain breathing in Motor Neurone Disease: patient and family perspectives [PDF]
BMC Palliative CareBackground Motor Neurone Disease (MND) leads to muscle weakening, affecting movement, speech, and breathing. Home mechanical ventilation, particularly non-invasive ventilation (NIV), is used to alleviate symptoms and support breathing in people living ...
Eleanor Wilson +5 more
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Choosing a ventilator for home mechanical ventilation [PDF]
Breathe, 2013 Educational aimsTo discuss the basic principles of ventilator functionTo help the reader to recognise the different features of a home care ventilatorTo outline the advantages and drawbacks of the different home care ventilatorsTo provide some recommendations to facilitate the clinical management of patients on home care ventilatorSummaryMechanical ...
Gregoretti C. +4 more
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Mapping health-related quality of life of children and families receiving pediatric invasive home mechanical ventilation: a scoping review protocol [PDF]
Systematic ReviewsBackground Children utilizing invasive home mechanical ventilation (administered via tracheostomy tube) receive intensive care at home without the support of trained staff typically present in an intensive care unit; within the context of worsening home ...
Keisha White Makinde +3 more
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Home mechanical ventilation in children with chronic respiratory failure: a narrative review [PDF]
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science, 2023 Advances in perinatal and pediatric intensive care and recent advances in mechanical ventilation during the last two decades have resulted in an exponential increase in the number of children undergoing home mechanical ventilation (HMV) treatment ...
Soyoung Kwak
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Home Mechanical Ventilation in South Korea [PDF]
Yonsei Medical Journal, 2014 To survey the use of invasive and noninvasive home mechanical ventilation (HMV) methods in South Korea from the perspective of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).For 413 users of HMV, retrospective reviews of PM&R interventions and survey of HMV methods employed from Mar 2000 to Dec 2009.Of the 413 users, the majority of whom with progressive ...
Kim, Dong Hyun +2 more
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Starting HMV at home: a reasonable option for many patients?
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background and objective In the current study, we undertook a more detailed exploration of the reasons why patients undergoing HMV were screened out of a recently published study in order to better understand how applicable home initiation of HMV is ...
Ries J.M. van den Biggelaar +5 more
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background With the growing practice of home mechanical ventilation, there is a need to identify biological markers for adequate follow-up. Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a promising candidate because it is convenient, objective and may reflect ...
Luca Valko +5 more
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Quality Of Life in Children With Home Mechanical Ventilation – A Scoping Review [PDF]
SAGE Open Nursing, 2022 Gunilla BJÖRLING
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Respiratory Research, 2023 Background Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is an evidence-based treatment for acute respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, suboptimal application of NIV in clinical practice, possibly due to poor guideline adherence,
Judith Elshof +7 more
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HOME MECHANICAL VENTILATION OF CHILDREN [PDF]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1996 SUMMARYThe medical records of 89 ventilator‐assisted children followed at the University of Michigan Medical Center from 1978 to 1993 were reviewed. The status of these children was remarkably stable. Parameters of communication, nutrition, education, and mobility changed very little over time, and fewer than half had to be rc‐admitted. Children aged 9
Nelson, Virginia Simson +3 more
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