Home mechanical ventilation: A Canadian Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

摘要: Increasing numbers of patients are surviving episodes prolonged mechanical ventilation or benefitting from the recent availability userfriendly noninvasive ventilators. Although many publications pertaining to specific aspects home (HMV) exist, very few comprehensive guidelines that bring together all current literature on at risk for using ventilatory support available. The Canadian Thoracic Society HMV Guideline Committee has reviewed available English topics related in adults, and completed a detailed guideline will help standardize improve assessment management individuals requiring invasive HMV. provides disease-specific review illnesses including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophies, myotonic dystrophy, kyphoscoliosis, post-polio syndrome, central hypoventilation obesity chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as well important common themes such airway clearance process transition home. have been extensively by international experts, allied health professionals target audiences. They be updated regular basis incorporate any new information.