Ventilation/diagnosis (n) | Positive | Negative | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tracheostomy | Death | T+D | Machine/interface intolerance | Discontinued by patient on own | ||
Body ventilation (31) | ||||||
Poliomyelitis (25) | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Non-DMD (2) | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
MND (2) | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Diaphragmatic paralysis (1) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Multiple sclerosis (1) | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
No. total outcomes (%) | 9 (29) | 12 (39) | 4 (13) | 5 (16) | 3 (10) | 1 (0.3) |
M/NIPPV (48) | ||||||
Poliomyelitis (20) | 185-151 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 |
DMD (15) | 5 | 9 | — | 1 | 4 | — |
Other myopathies (2) | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
MND (2) | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Peripheral neuropathy (1) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Multiple sclerosis (2) | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Kyphoscoliosis (5) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
TB thoracoplasty (1) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
No. total outcomes (%) | 32 (67) | 11 (23) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 10 (21) | 4 (8) |
Values are mean (SD) unless otherwise stated.
DMD = Duchenne's muscular dystrophy; non-DMD = non-Duchenne's myopathy; MND = motor neurone disease; T+D = tracheostomy followed by death.
Note that some patients may have more than one outcome.
↵5-151 Difference between polio-body ventilation and polio-M/NIPPV significant, p<0.01 (Wilcoxon rank sum test).