TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 28. Home Mechanical Ventilation A1 - Windisch, Wolfram A2 - Tobin, Martin J. PY - 2013 T2 - Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation, 3e AB - Over the last three decades, home mechanical ventilation (HMV) has become a widely accepted treatment option for patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure that arises from different etiologies such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), restrictive thoracic disorders, neuromuscular disorders, and obesity hypoventilation syndrome.1,2 There is increasing evidence that HMV is capable of improving symptoms, health-related quality of life (HRQL), and long-term survival in most of these patients,1–3 although the impact of HMV on survival in patients with COPD is still a matter of debate.4,5 Thus, HMV should be considered in every patient presenting with symptomatic chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57070101 ER -