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  • Title: [Long-term effects and life expectancy after six years intermittent self ventilation].
    Author: Laier-Groeneveld G, Criée CP.
    Journal: Med Klin (Munich); 1995 Apr; 90(1 Suppl 1):62-3. PubMed ID: 7616927.
    Abstract:
    PATIENTS AND METHODS: 381 patients were treated by intermittent ventilation for up to 6 years, when ventilatory failure and symptoms persisted despite efficient medical treatment. Patients with chest wall disorders (COPD) were in hospital for 19 +/- 10 (21 +/- 14) days during the first and for 6 +/- 10 (14 +/- 12) days in the following years. RESULTS: Survival was found above 95% in chest wall disorders. In COPD survival ranged 75% in the 2nd and 59% in the 4th years. CONCLUSION: Intermittent mechanical ventilation, therefore, can restore hypercapnic ventilatory failure to normal. Survival is improve similar to a control group without ventilatory failure.
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