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What is Non-invasive Ventilator?

NIPPV, also known as Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (Bi-Pap) is an electronic breathing device used in the treatment of sleep apnoea, lung disease, and to treat respiratory weakness in ALS. Use of the device overnight improves quality of sleep, daytime sleepiness, and may improve thinking ability.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 146 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Breathing difficulty 131 25 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 110 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Fatigue 50 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
General health 33 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Sleep Apnea 18 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 365 patients currently using Non-invasive Ventilator

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 12
Mild
 13
None
 45

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Non-invasive Ventilator

Dry mouth (xerostomia) 9
sore nose where the mask rests 8
Dry throat 8
Hospitalization 3
Hospitalization 3
Dry mouth at night 3
See all 27 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Non-invasive Ventilator. See all 56 dosages ►

  daily 4 hr daily 5 hr daily 6 hr daily 7 hr daily 8 hr daily 9 hr daily 10 hr daily 12 hr daily 24 hr daily
  55 Number of Patients: 55 26 Number of Patients: 26 13 Number of Patients: 13 32 Number of Patients: 32 28 Number of Patients: 28 132 Number of Patients: 132 16 Number of Patients: 16 34 Number of Patients: 34 19 Number of Patients: 19 16 Number of Patients: 16  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 41   Other: 53%
Course of treatment ended 11   Course of treatment ended: 14%
Not indicated 11   Not indicated: 14%
Did not seem to work 9   Did not seem to work: 12%
Doctor's advice 6   Doctor's advice: 8%
Side effects too severe 4   Side effects too severe: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 75 patients who’ve stopped using Non-invasive Ventilator

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Non-invasive Ventilator

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Non-invasive Ventilator

Always
 46 65%
Usually
 12 17%
Sometimes
 12 17%
Never
 1 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Non-invasive Ventilator

Very
 11 15%
Somewhat
 20 28%
A little
 23 32%
Not at all
 17 24%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Non-invasive Ventilator

$200+
 1 3%
$100-199
 3 10%
$50-99
 3 10%
$25-49
 2 7%
< $25
 21 70%

Report created on May 24, 2012.