Patient outcomes

OHS patient outcomes ResMed

There are many positive outcomes for OHS patients being treated with NIV:

Improved blood gases during the night, which in turn improves them during the day
Relieved ventilatory muscles¹
Positive effect on lung function, especially when residual capacity is increased²
Lower mortality compared to OHS patients not treated with NIV.³

OHS patients require a high level of medical care, and are more likely to be hospitalized. (8.6 times higher than for general population control subjects)³
OHS patients have been found to make 11.2 physician visits per year compared to 5.7 visits for obese-only patients.³
Effective treatment of OHS has shown a significant reduction in physician fees and a 68.4% decrease in annual hospitalization days.³

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Educate patients on the importance of timely equipment replacement and how critical it is to the success of their sleep apnea therapy.

Adhering to therapy is critical for patients receiving noninvasive ventilation.

Recommended treatment options for OHS include controlled weight loss and noninvasive ventilation.

Contal O, Carnevale C, Borel JC, Sabil A, Tamisier R, Levy P, Janssens JP, Pepin JL. Pulse transit tima as a measure of respiratory effort under nonivasive ventilation. Eur Respir J. 2013 41(2):346-53

2: Budweiser, S., Hitzl A.P., Jörres, R.A., Schmidbauer, K., Heinemann, F., Pfeifer, M., (2007). Health-related quality of life and long-term prognosis in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: a prospective survival analysis. Respir Res 8(17): 92
3: Berg G, Delaive K, Manfreda J, et al. The use of healthcare resources in obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Chest. 2001 120: 377-383

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