Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Mitre B, Davidson M, Daxberg E-L, Jivegård L, Rosén H, Svanberg T, Strandell A. Invasive ventilation in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and respiratory failure. Gothenburg: The Regional Health Technology Assessment Centre (HTA-centrum). HTA-rapport 2014:72. 2014 Authors' conclusions Invasive ventilation with tracheostomy probably prolongs survival considerably compared with non-invasive ventilation or no ventilation in ALS-patients with respiratory failure. The effect size is highly dependent on the severity of the respiratory failure when the treatment is initiated.
Moderate quality of evidence (+++0).
It is uncertain whether there is any influence on quality of life with tracheostomy and invasive ventilation as compared to non- invasive ventilation.
Very low quality of evidence (+000).
Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Humans; Respiration; Respiratory Insufficiency; Ventilation Language Published English Country of organisation Sweden English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence The Regional Health Technology Assessment Centre, Region Vastra Gotaland, HTA-centrum, Roda Straket 8, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, 413 45 GOTHENBORG, Sweden Email: hta-centrum@vgregion.se AccessionNumber 32016000592 Date abstract record published 29/03/2016 |