New Research Shows Significant Benefits for COPD Patients in the Home Using Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's myAirvo
10:41The study1, a randomised controlled trial undertaken in Denmark, investigated the long-term effects of nasal high flow therapy for COPD patients already being treated with long-term oxygen therapy. The trial showed statistically significant results, with the primary outcome being a significant reduction in patients' exacerbation rate, or worsening of their condition (from 4.95 to 3.12 per patient per year, p <0.001) for those being treated with nasal high flow therapy.
The study also showed for those patients using the myAirvo, that all cause hospitalisation rates decreased from a rate of 1.39 to 0.79 per patient, over the course of the year, for those who followed the protocol.
Other positive results included the treatment group (myAirvo) being better than the control group (standard care) in several quality of life assessments, less breathlessness, better mobility and lower carbon dioxide retention levels for these chronic patients.
The trial is the largest study of this ...
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