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Keep this study
Lead
Michelle Ramsay
With
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Age
16–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Patients over the age of 16 years.
2. Patients with confirmed diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular dystrophy or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome.
3. Patients with evidence of nocturnal hypoventilation with an arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure of \>6.0 kPa in the morning.
4. Patients with evidence of hypercapnic respiratory failure with an arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure of \>6.0 kPa during the day.
5. No prior domiciliary ventilation.
You may not be if
1. Patients with other co-morbidities e.g. cancer or cardiac failure.
2. Patients with muscular weakness but an unconfirmed diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
3. Patients who have had an acute illness within the last 4 weeks prior to starting assessment for ventilation.
4. Patients who have an abnormal bleeding tendency (INR or APTTr \>1.4 or platelets \<100).
5. Patients with a psychological, social or geographical situation that would impair compliance with the project.
