Long-Term Survival on Noninvasive Ventilation in Adults With Thoracic Scoliosis.

Background: Subjects with thoracic scoliosis were an important group in early studies of noninvasive ventilation (NIV). The aim of this study was to describe current rates of initiation of NIV and survival after initiation in this population.

Methods: This study included patients identified as having thoracic scoliosis and established between 1993 and 2018 on home NIV.