[Home assisted ventilation for patients suffering from silicosis (author's transl)].
One hundred and seventy-five patients suffering from silicosis benefitted from home assisted ventilation at the rate of 5 minutes per hour every hour. This treatment led to a decrease in hospitalizations and increased the comfort of the patients.
D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000628:therapy; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000628:therapy; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000628:therapy; D007384:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing / Q000379:methods*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012829:Silicosis / Q000628:therapy*
Assistance ventilatoire à domicile chez les silicotiques.