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Brand Names: DeVilbiss, Impact 325M, Invacare, Laerdal, VacuMax, Vacutec

What is Suction Machine? A suction machine is a pump used to maintain an airway by removing secretions from the mouth, throat, or lungs. It is particularly important in neurological diseases where the ability to cough or swallow is impaired.


Reasons Taken

93 patients in the community are using or have used Suction Machine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Excess saliva 27 29%
Other 24 25%
disease-related symptoms 16 17%
General health 8 8%
Excess mucus 2 2%
Slow my ALS progress 2 2%
Choking/coughing while eating or drinking 1 1%
Excessive mucous and coughing 1 1%
coughing and blowing nose, weak 1 1%
Don't know 1 1%

Duration

How long current patients have been using Suction Machine or how long patients were using Suction Machine before stopping.

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Suction Machine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
4
3
11
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14

How Long Patients Used Suction Machine Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
0
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Using Suction Machine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 1 50% Other: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1 50% Course of treatment ended: 50%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 4 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 33% 1
Moderate 67% 2

Excess saliva

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 4

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 4 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 4)

  • Rae
    Mouth/throat: moderate
    Arms: mild
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • Rae
  • by Rae
    Aug 21, 2008
  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Excess saliva

  • Bobby B
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • Bobby B
  • by Bobby B
    Sep 14, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Excess saliva

See all evaluation results for Suction Machine



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