Quality control of mechanical ventilation at the patient's home
- 14 December 2002
- journal article
- other
- Published by Springer Nature in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 29 (3) , 484-486
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-002-1593-y
Abstract
During home mechanical ventilation the prescribed settings are applied without permanent supervision of health professionals. After a long-time period of unattended operation at home the ventilator may not apply the ventilation parameters prescribed. This quality control study of home mechanical ventilation assessed whether tidal volume (VT), frequency (f), and minute ventilation (V′ E) actually applied by the ventilator coincide with the values set on the ventilator control panel and with those prescribed.Keywords
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