title: Home mechanical ventilation in South Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To survey the use of invasive and noninvasive home mechanical ventilation (HMV) methods in South Korea from the perspective of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R).
  
  
  METHODS
  For 413 users of HMV, retrospective reviews of PM&R interventions and survey of HMV methods employed from Mar 2000 to Dec 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 413 users, the majority of whom with progressive neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) (n=358), 284 patients initially used noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV), while 63 others who were using tracheostomy mechanical ventilation switched to NIV as part of their rehabilitation. The NMD patients began HMV at an earlier age (34.9±20.3 yrs), and used for longer (14.7±7.5) hours than patients with non-neuromuscular causes of respiratory impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Noninvasive management was preferred over invasive ones, and transition to the former was a result of PM&R interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute of Neuromusular Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kswoong@yuhs.ac.
authors.forename: Seong-Woong
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital and Rehabilitation Institute of Neuromusular Disease, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Ah
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000628:therapy*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Home mechanical ventilation; neuromuscular disease; noninvasive mechanical ventilation