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Patterns of use, survival and prognostic factors in patients receiving home mechanical ventilation in Western Australia: A single centre historical cohort study

Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is used in a wide range of disorders associated with chronic hypoventilation. We describe the patterns of use, survival and predictors of death in Western Australia. We identified 240 consecutive patients (60% male; mean age 58 years and body mass index 31 kg m(−2))...

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Autores principales: Tan, Geak Poh, McArdle, Nigel, Dhaliwal, Satvinder Singh, Douglas, Jane, Rea, Clare Siobhan, Singh, Bhajan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6234575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29415556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479972318755723