Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Home Mechanical Ventilation in Germany: A Descriptive Observational Study
The pandemic has led to a significant decline of inpatient admissions for patients receiving HMV. This decline was most pronounced in the first year of the pandemic. Control visits in particular did not reach the pre-pandemic level. This is an indication of the ongoing change in the healthcare landscape as a result of the pandemic.
Authors
- Sarah Bettina Stanzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-0211)
- Johannes Fabian Holle
- Falk Schumacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9936-0089)
- Doreen Kroppen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1579-2908)
- Maximilian Wollsching-Strobel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2302-7284)
- Daniel Sebastian Majorski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8182-5930)
- Maximilian Zimmermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-5013)
- Wolfram Windisch
- Melanie Berger
Institutions
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- Kliniken der Stadt Köln (DE)
- Lungenklinik Köln-Merheim (DE)
- Krankenhaus Porz am Rhein (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Respiration
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000541083
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.68