Efficacy of Average Volume Assured Pressure Support With Bi-Level Pressure Support Nocturnal Ventilation

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Reference: NCT00479284

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Extract

Patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure can be successfully treated with home nocturnal non-invasive ventilation. Bi-level pressure support ventilators are at present the most frequently used ventilators for long term home ventilation. A recently commercialized bi-level ventilator offers the feature of automatically adjusting pressure support on the basis of a pre-determined ideal effective ventilation. Because this option may induce important swings in pressure support, and thus patient discomfort, and maybe increase leaks, we chose to analyse the impact of average volume assured pressure support (AVAPS) on patient comfort, subjective and objective quality of sleep and efficacy of ventilatory support.


Inclusion criteria

  • Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure,Obesity hypoventilation syndrome,Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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