Initiation of chronic ventilatory support outside the hospital
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Chronic respiratory failure. Home mechanical ventilationTelemedicine Telemonitoring
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25357
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonology
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
1. Chronic respiratory failure.
2. Patients with neuromusculaire diseases or ribcage abnormality who suffer from complaints of alveolar hypoventilation (fatigue, headache or dyspnoea) combined with at least one of the following characteristics:
Exclusion Criteria
1. Invasive ventilatory support.
2. Patients admitted to a nursing home.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Gas exchange (PaCO2 and PaO2)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Health related quality of life <br /><br>- Lung function; VC<br /><br>- Costs<br /><br>- Social environment <br /><br>- Telemedicine<br /><br>