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Role of Respiratory Technicians in Discharge Program from Hospital to Home

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There is a significant increase in the number of patients who need noninvasive ventilation after hospital admission and treatment in the home care environment. However, this step involves important logistics and the need for coordinated human and technical resources for adequate monitoring and effectiveness. In this control program the role of respiratory technicians (RT) is essential, a health-care professional specialized in this type of therapies that will follow the patient in the hospital discharge and at home.

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  1. Healthcare Department, Nippon Gases Portugal, Maia, Portugal

    Marta Paiva da Silva, Catia Milene Esteves & Cátia Caneiras

  2. Microbiology Research Laboratory on Environmental Health (EnviHealthMicroLab), Institute of Environmental Health (ISAMB), Associate Laboratory TERRA, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Cátia Caneiras

  3. Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Cátia Caneiras

  4. Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM), Egas Moniz School of Health and Science, Monte de Caparica, Portugal

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da Silva, M.P., Esteves, C.M., Caneiras, C. (2023). Role of Respiratory Technicians in Discharge Program from Hospital to Home. In: Esquinas, A.M., Spicuzza, L., Scala, R. (eds) Noninvasive Ventilation Outside Intensive Care Unit. Noninvasive Ventilation. The Essentials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37796-9_41

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