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Study: Vent therapy cuts readmission rates for COPD patients

July 16, 2015HME News Staff

ANDOVER, Mass. - Readmission rates for COPD patients who were hospitalized two or more times within a year and who were transitioned to a patient management program that included treatment with non-invasive positive pressure ventilation were reduced 97% during the subsequent 12 months, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. The proportion of COPD patients included in the study who were readmitted on two or more occasions decreased from 100% (397 of 397) in...

COPD, Readmission, vent therapy

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