Long-term home mechanical ventilation due to obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Gender differences in patients starting long-term home mechanical ventilation due to obesity hypoventilation syndrome

“…In a letter to the editor, Santos and Cruz [1] had some highly relevant considerations about our study, "Gender differences in patients starting long-term home mechanical ventilation (LTMV) due to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS)" [2]. They asked for information about ventilator parameters, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and more details about reasons for discontinuation of LTMV among patients with OHS on LTMV.…”