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We examined local differences in prescription pattern of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) within the homogenous health care system in Sweden. We used 6 years prospective data from the national HMV Register covering the entire Swedish HMV patient population (more than 1000 patients). The treatment prevalence of HMV in Sweden, January 1, 1996 was 6.2/100,000 and January 1, 2002 10.5/100,000 with a...
Background: Patients with the obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) benefit from non-invasive ventilatory support. We assessed the long-term physiopathological response to 12-months of nocturnal ventilatory assistance at home with bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) via nasal mask in patients with this disease.Methods: A series of 13 non-consecutive patients diagnosed of OHS (5 men and 8 women)...
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