Introduction Ventilation parameter data from patients receiving home mechanical ventilation
can be collected via secure data cards and modem technology. This can then be reviewed
by clinicians and ventilator prescriptions adjusted. Typically available measures include tidal
volume (VT), leak, respiratory rate, minute ventilation, patient triggered breaths, achieved
pressures and patient compliance. This study aimed to assess the potential impact of
ventilator data downloads on management of patients requiring home non-invasive …

Monitoring a patient in long-term non-invasive ventilation (LTNIV) requires the availability
and the wide knowledge of tools such as nocturnal pulse oximetry, polysomnography/
polygraphy (PSG/PG), capnography and arterial blood gas analysis (ABG). During the last
few years, some manufacturers have incorporated in their ventilators special softwares that
are able to detect, during non-invasive ventilation (NIV), respiratory parameters such as air
leaks, residual apnoeic/hypopnoeic events and the patient's daily compliance in the …