In order to assess the use of home mechanical ventilation, invasive or non-invasive, between 2000 and 2023, French and Belgian authors carried out a review of the literature:
- 32 studies with a total of 8815 children undergoing home ventilation were included;
- 37% of the children had a neuromuscular disease;
- over the past 24 years, the use of home mechanical ventilation has increased, with an estimated prevalence of 7.4 per 100,000 children;
- this increase is in favor of non-invasive ventilation, the use of which rose in particular between 2020 and 2023, with a median age of onset of 8.2 years;
- however, invasive ventilation remains frequent, particularly in countries less familiar with NIV, with an average age of onset of use of 3.3 years.
