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Maintenance Protocol for Home Ventilation Circuits

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Home mechanical ventilation has become a standard of care to effectively treat chronic respiratory failure, both in patients with restrictive diseases such as neuromuscular and thorax cage disorders and in patients with obstructive diseases such as selected cases of lung and airways disorders. Depending on the group of patients, home ventilation may improve survival and quality of life in the long term and may decrease the rate of lower respiratory tract infections [1].

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Abbreviations

CF:

Cystic fibrosis

COPD:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

HVC:

Home ventilation circuits

MRSA:

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

PPO:

Potentially pathogenic organism

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  1. Centre for Neuromuscular Disease and Centre for Home Mechanical Ventilation UZ-VUB-Inkendaal, Rehabilitation Hospital Inkendaal, Inkendaalstraat, 1, Vlezenbeek, 1602, Belgium

    Michel Toussaint PhD

  2. Pulmonology Unit and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, Brussels, 1200, Belgium

    Gregory Reychler PhD

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    Antonio M. Esquinas

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Toussaint, M., Reychler, G. (2016). Maintenance Protocol for Home Ventilation Circuits. In: Esquinas, A. (eds) Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21653-9_9

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