Home Mechanical Ventilation: A Canadian Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline

Increasing numbers of patients are surviving episodes of prolonged mechanical ventilation or benefitting from the recent availability of user-friendly noninvasive ventilators. Although many publications pertaining to specific aspects of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) exist, very few comprehensive...

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Main Authors: Douglas A McKim, Jeremy Road, Monica Avendano, Steve Abdool, Fabien Côté, Nigel Duguid, Janet Fraser, François Maltais, Debra L Morrison, Colleen O’Connell, Basil J Petrof, Karen Rimmer, Robert Skomro, Canadian Thoracic Society Home Mechanical Ventilation Committee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/139769