The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on home mechanical ventilation services: A national survey. Respir Med 2022 Jun;197:106831
Date
04/03/2022Pubmed ID
35366623Pubmed Central ID
PMC8958773DOI
10.1016/j.rmed.2022.106831Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85127193292 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 1 CitationAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption to healthcare services globally. We present the findings of a national survey of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) services in England and Wales. 30 HMV services (60%) responded. There was a significant reduction in outpatient services with 93% of services not offering routine face-to-face appointments, although most centres were able to offer emergency appointments for ventilation review and set-up. HMV inpatient capacity was reassigned, and HMV service staff re-deployed in the majority of centres (97%). The initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic left a service backlog of a median of 87 outpatient appointments [range 0-1500] and a median of 4 patients (range 0-100) awaiting NIV set-up.
Author List
Shah AJ, Suh ES, Kaltsakas G, Ramsay M, Saigal A, Murphy PB, Armstorng A, Mandal SAuthor
Patrick Murphy MD Assistant Professor in the Surgery department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
EnglandHome Care Services
Humans
Pandemics
Respiration, Artificial
