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What is BiPAP AVAPS?

BiPAP® AVAPS™ (Average Volume Assured Pressure Support) guarantees an average tidal volume by automatically adapting pressure support to meet the patient's needs on a breath-by-breath basis. Read more...Click to read more below

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Breathing difficulty 8 2
Other 3 1
General health 1 1
Slow my ALS progress 1 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using BiPAP AVAPS

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

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
1 50%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 50%
Not at all
1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 50%

Report created on November 22, 2009.