title: [Long-term effects of home mechanical ventilation with positive pressure using a nasal mask].
abstract: Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is an efficient alternative in the treatment of patients with chronic respiratory failure secondary to restrictive mechanical disorders (neuromuscular disease, such as Duchenne's disease, thorax deformities due to kyphoscoliosis or tuberculosis sequelae). The case of a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis in the phase of chronic respiratory failure (PaO2 34 mmHg and PaCO2 61 mmHg, breathing ambient air) is presented in which, following the failure of negative pressure mechanical ventilation ("poncho"), positive pressure ventilation was tested with a silicon made-to-measure nasal mask as the access via. Adaptation to HMV was good with the patient using the ventilation nightly. Following 12 months of treatment the patient is able to carry out everyday activities and arterial gasometry breathing ambient air is PaO2 77 mmHg and PaCO2 43 mmHg.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital de Bellvitge-Prínceps d'Espanya, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escarrabill
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Estopà
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Casolivé
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manresa
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications; D008397:Masks; D008875:Middle Aged; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications; D012828:Silicones
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones
vernacular_title: Efectos a largo plazo de la ventilación mecánica a domicilio con presión positiva mediante máscara nasal.