Monitoring of None-invasive Ventilated Patients in a Home Care Setting

There is a paucity of data about the at home monitoring and the outpatient setting and care of patients with non-invasive ventilation. We here show, in a prospective study, that both standardized outpatient care visits as well as quality of life monitoring at home are safe and feasible. Monitoring a...

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Published inPneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany) Vol. 73; no. 4; p. 225
Main Authors Herberger, K, Nafe, M, Wiesner, B, Grohé, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.04.2019
Subjects
Ambulatory Care
Home Care Services
Humans
Noninvasive Ventilation - statistics & numerical data
Prospective Studies
Quality of Health Care
Quality of Life
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy
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Summary:There is a paucity of data about the at home monitoring and the outpatient setting and care of patients with non-invasive ventilation. We here show, in a prospective study, that both standardized outpatient care visits as well as quality of life monitoring at home are safe and feasible. Monitoring and managing the quality of care at home did not lead to an increase of non-elective hospitalisations or deterioration of respiratory disease burden.
ISSN:1438-8790
DOI:10.1055/a-0851-5068