Absence of Airway Secretion Accumulation Predicts Tolerance of Noninvasive Ventilation in Subjects With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Autor: Vincent Cadiergue, Pierre Le Cam, Nadia Vandenberghe, Jean-Philippe Camdessanché, Anne-Evelyne Vallet, Pascal Beuret, Stéphane Peysson, Claude Guérin, Françoise Bouhour, Christophe Vial, Sylvie Bin-Dorel, Jean-Christophe Antoine, Isabelle Court-Fortune, Emmanuel Broussolle, François Philit, Thierry Petitjean, Frédéric Dailler, Sylvie Jay
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Respiratory Care. 58:1424-1432
ISSN: 1943-3654
0020-1324
Popis: OBJECTIVE: To assess factors that predict good tolerance of noninvasive ventilation (NIV), in order to improve survival and quality of life in subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study in subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and requiring NIV. The primary end point was NIV tolerance at 1 month. Subjects, several of whom failed to complete the study, were classified as “tolerant” or “poorly tolerant,” according to the number of hours of NIV use (more or less than 4 h per night, respectively). RESULTS: Eighty-one subjects, 73 of whom also attended the 1-month follow-up visit, participated over 34 months. NIV tolerance after the first day of utilization predicted tolerance at 1 month (77.6% and 75.3% of subjects, respectively). Multivariate analysis disclosed 3 factors predicting good NIV tolerance: absence of airway secretions accumulation prior to NIV onset (odds ratio 11.5); normal bulbar function at initiation of NIV (odds ratio 8.5); and older age (weakly significant, odds ratio 1.1). CONCLUSION: Our study reveals 3 factors that are predictive of good NIV tolerance, in particular the absence of airway secretion accumulation, which should prompt NIV initiation before its appearance.
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