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Patterns of home mechanical ventilation use in Europe: results from the Eurovent survey

S. J. Lloyd-Owen, G. C. Donaldson, N. Ambrosino, J. Escarabill, R. Farre, B. Fauroux, D. Robert, B. Schoenhofer, A. K. Simonds, J. A. Wedzicha
European Respiratory Journal 2005 25: 1025-1031; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00066704
S. J. Lloyd-Owen
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N. Ambrosino
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    Percentage of each institution by country. ▪: university hospital; Embedded Image: non-university hospital; □: private institution; ▪: other; └: French Association.

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    Median (interquartile range) year of starting home mechanical ventilation (HMV) for each country. Denmark shows the median and full range as only two centres were included.

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    Median (interquartile range) centre size for each country measured by number of home ventilation users. Denmark shows median only (range 250–253 for its two centres).

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    Percentage of users in each disease category by country (see Methods section for an explanation of disease categories). ▪: lung/airways; Embedded Image: thoracic cage; □: neuromuscular.

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    Duration of ventilation (number of yrs) by country. ▪: <1 yr; Embedded Image: 1–5 yrs; □: 6–10 yrs; ▪: ≥11 yrs.

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    Percentage of pressure and volume preset positive pressure ventilators used by all home mechanical ventilation users by country. ▪: pressure preset; Embedded Image: volume preset.

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    Percentage of nasal and facial masks and tracheostomies for each disease category by country for a) lung, b) thoracic and c) neuromuscular home mechanical ventilation (HMV) users. ▪: nasal mask; Embedded Image: facial mask; □: tracheostomy. No data was available for Polish lung users.

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    Estimated number of centres, home mechanical ventilation users and prevalence#

    EstimatedActualResponse rate %
    CentresUsersPrevalence¶CentresUsersCentresUsers
    Austria83003.8750888100+
    Belgium2350051750174100
    Denmark25009.62503100100
    Finland204508.7161218027
    France§501000017586338100+63
    Germany5450006.52242204184
    Greece12700.6512242100+
    Ireland151553.41415593100
    Italy7022003.94419286388
    Netherlands49005.69918100+100+
    Norway383507.81737745100+
    Poland8400.11746100+100+
    Portugal399339.3208015186
    Spain3525006.31514004356
    Sweden6590010177462683
    UK4023204.1472842100+100+
    All countries483271186.6329215266279
    • Data are presented as n, unless otherwise indicated. #: actual numbers in completed surveys and estimated percentage response rates; ¶: prevalence per 100,000 of the population; +: actual percentage response is >100%, but 100% used as maximum so as not to spuriously elevate the overall response rate; §: France's estimated number of centres includes the number of Associations plus known large prescribing hospitals.

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Patterns of home mechanical ventilation use in Europe: results from the Eurovent survey
S. J. Lloyd-Owen, G. C. Donaldson, N. Ambrosino, J. Escarabill, R. Farre, B. Fauroux, D. Robert, B. Schoenhofer, A. K. Simonds, J. A. Wedzicha
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Patterns of home mechanical ventilation use in Europe: results from the Eurovent survey
S. J. Lloyd-Owen, G. C. Donaldson, N. Ambrosino, J. Escarabill, R. Farre, B. Fauroux, D. Robert, B. Schoenhofer, A. K. Simonds, J. A. Wedzicha
European Respiratory Journal Jun 2005, 25 (6) 1025-1031; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00066704
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