The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on home mechanical ventilation services: A national survey - 11/05/22
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Abstract |
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption to healthcare services globally. We present the findings of a national survey of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) services in England and Wales. 30 HMV services (60%) responded. There was a significant reduction in outpatient services with 93% of services not offering routine face-to-face appointments, although most centres were able to offer emergency appointments for ventilation review and set-up. HMV inpatient capacity was reassigned, and HMV service staff re-deployed in the majority of centres (97%). The initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic left a service backlog of a median of 87 outpatient appointments [range 0–1500] and a median of 4 patients (range 0–100) awaiting NIV set-up.
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Highlights |
• | 93% of ventilation services could not offer routine face-to-face appointments. |
• | 97% of ventilation service staff were re-deployed across the hospital. |
• | Services had a median of 87 (range 0–1500) patients awaiting outpatient review. |
• | 67% of services had difficulty with NIV interface supplies. |
• | 97% of centres are planning on using telephone appointments in the future. |
Keywords : Non-invasive ventilation, Sleep medicine, COVID-19
Abbreviations : COVID-19, HMV, NIV, SiLVaH, WHO
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