BiPAP (non-invasive ventilator) Treatment Report
Generic Name: Non-invasive Ventilator
What is BiPAP?
BiPAP® (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure) is an electronic breathing device used in the treatment of sleep apnoea, lung disease, and to treat respiratory weakness. Also known as NIPPV, use of the device overnight improves quality of sleep, daytime sleepiness, and may improve thinking ability.
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Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 29 | 0 | |||||
| Slow my ALS progress | 25 | 0 | |||||
| disease-related symptoms | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Breathing difficulty | 22 |
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1 | ||||
| Fatigue | 10 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 10 | 0 |
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Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using BiPAP. See all 25 dosages ►
| 13other as needed | 24 hr all the time (24/7) | all the time (24/7) | as needed | daily | 1 hr daily | 2 hr daily | 3 hr daily | 4 hr daily | 5 hr daily | 6 hr daily | 7 hr daily | 8 hr daily | 9 hr daily | 10 hr daily | 11 hr daily | 12 hr daily | 16 hr daily | 16 other daily | 18 hr daily | 18.8 daily | 19 hr daily | 20 hr daily | 22 hr daily | 24 hr daily | ||
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1
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12
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1
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4
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1
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6
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3
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5
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5
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36
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2
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7
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2
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7
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1
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1
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1
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1
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7
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Other
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14 | 58% |
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Not indicated
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6 | 25% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 13% |
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Doctor's advice
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2 | 8% |
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Did not seem to work
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1 | 4% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- gecc4
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: moderate
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- gecc4
- 7 hr daily
- since Nov 18, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Breathing difficulty
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Most of my issues are with the masks, leaking, rubbing my nose, and dry mouth. See full evaluation
See all 1 patient evaluations
Report created on November 23, 2009.