Home Ventilatory Support in Children

Home Ventilatory Support in Children

The study consist of children, who have used home ventilatory support during years 2010-2020 in Tampere University Hospital. The study will describe retrospectively different diagnoses and symptoms which will lead to home ventilatory support. We also study compliance to treatment and it's disanvantages. The prospective part of the study describes the quality of live of these children by using questionnaires (PedSQL).

Inclusion Criteria:

- ICD-10 Code for Sleep apnea diagnose G47.3 AND G47.3 diagnose found from pediatric electronic patient records between years 2010-2020 OR Patient name found from pediatric multidisciplinary home respiratory team's clinical list

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age over 16
• Patient starting home ventilation after 31st December 2020 or treatment ending before 1st January 2010
• patients with sleep apnea but without home respiratory support treatment
• Only theophylline treatment
• High-flow oxygen therapy
• Age over 16 at treatment onset
• Never started treatment
• Treatment starting point and ending before year 2010