• Yonsei medical journal · Nov 2014

    Home mechanical ventilation in South Korea.

    • Dong Hyun Kim, Seong-Woong Kang, and Won Ah Choi.
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
    • Yonsei Med. J. 2014 Nov 1; 55 (6): 1729-35.

    PurposeTo survey the use of invasive and noninvasive home mechanical ventilation (HMV) methods in South Korea from the perspective of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).Materials And MethodsFor 413 users of HMV, retrospective reviews of PM&R interventions and survey of HMV methods employed from Mar 2000 to Dec 2009.ResultsOf the 413 users, the majority of whom with progressive neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) (n=358), 284 patients initially used noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV), while 63 others who were using tracheostomy mechanical ventilation switched to NIV as part of their rehabilitation. The NMD patients began HMV at an earlier age (34.9±20.3 yrs), and used for longer (14.7±7.5) hours than patients with non-neuromuscular causes of respiratory impairment.ConclusionNoninvasive management was preferred over invasive ones, and transition to the former was a result of PM&R interventions.

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