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What is Ventilator?

A ventilator is a machine designed to move breatheable air into and out of the lungs, to provide respiration for a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathing insufficiently due to illness such as ALS, acute respiratory distress; often used in some surgical procedures and in the ICU.

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) 21 1 Efficacy_major
Other 19 1 Efficacy_major
General health 18 1 Efficacy_major
Breathing difficulty 8 0
Shallow breathing 4 1 Efficacy_major
Respiratory Failure 3 2 Efficacy_major

See all 71 patients currently using Ventilator

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 2
Mild
 1
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Ventilator

Abdominal bloating 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 3   Course of treatment ended: 100%
Other 1   Other: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped using Ventilator

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

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Ventilator

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

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
0
0
0
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Ventilator

Always
 8 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Ventilator

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 3 38%
A little
 1 13%
Not at all
 4 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Ventilator

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

Report created on May 27, 2012.