title: [Long-term respirator treatment].
abstract: Long-term respirator treatment in the patients' own home is instituted increasingly frequently in patients with neuromuscular diseases. Positive pressure ventilation via a permanent tracheostomy is employed. Treatment is frequently commenced electively during hospitalization in particularly interested departments. Discharge to the patients' home is undertaken after thorough instruction of the patient himself, the family and the persons who help the patient with his other daily needs. Possible guidelines for establishing this form of treatment are outlined on the basis of literature from abroad.
authors.affiliation: Aalborg Sygehus, anaestesiologisk afdeling.
authors.forename: U T
authors.initials: UT
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Juhl
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark; D006699:Home Care Services; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D014139:Tracheostomy
vernacular_title: Vedvarende respiratorbehandling.