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    • Pulmonary Medicine
    • Critical Care Medicine

    Background:

    • Prognosis for home mechanical ventilation is highly variable.
    • Underlying disease, respiratory dependency, and comorbidities significantly impact patient outcomes.
    • Initiation of long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) requires inpatient management for severe chronic diseases.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review the increasing use of home mechanical ventilation.
    • To highlight the impact of recent trials on non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) for COPD patients.
    • To emphasize the importance of reliable care structures, ethical considerations, and quality of life in home mechanical ventilation.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on aggressive NPPV.
    • Analysis of factors influencing prognosis in home mechanical ventilation patients.
    • Discussion of established and emerging outpatient settings for home mechanical ventilation.

    Main Results:

    • Aggressive NPPV targeting hypercapnic PaCO2 normalization demonstrated improved long-term survival in COPD patients.
    • Significant increase in the number of patients receiving home mechanical ventilation.
    • Proliferation of outpatient settings without established scientific evidence.

    Conclusions:

    • Home mechanical ventilation offers improved survival for select COPD patients with aggressive NPPV.
    • The expansion of home mechanical ventilation necessitates robust care structures and consideration of ethical aspects and quality of life.
    • Further research is needed to validate outpatient settings for home mechanical ventilation.