TY - JOUR T1 - Our experience in home mechanical ventilation JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P2073 AU - Vesna Bukumirovic AU - Zorica Stevic AU - Vladimir Zugic AU - Branka Bulajic-Subotic AU - Miodrag Vukcevic Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P2073.abstract N2 - Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) increases survival of patients with chronic respiratory failure. National center in Serbia for HMV in neuromuscular patients was established in 2007.Aim: We aimed to evaluate our practiceMethod. We retrospectively analyzed clinical history of patients receiving HMV in our center from 2007-2012.Results: 126 patients were started on HMV (71 M /55 F) mean age 46±20 years.Most of the patients were treated with non invasive ventilation. Twelve percent of patients were ventilated invasively via tracheostomy. Three patients were converted from invasive to noninvasive ventilation. Most frequent diagnosis was motor neuron disease (MND) 78, mean FCV% 33±15, followed by Duchenne Muscular dystrophy (DMD) 33, mean FCV% 16,6±8,7 and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) 15. Overall survival was 59% of patients. In MND group, mean survival was10 months, and all dystrophy patients are still in follow up.Conclusion: In our country HMV in last years is increasingly used but its prevalence is still low compared with other countries. ER -