IMPORTANCE

The IMPORTANCE initiative aims to improve care for patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and chronic respiratory failure (CRF) who require long-term respiratory support, i.e. positive airway pressure (PAP), home mechanical ventilation (HMV) or home nasal high-flow therapy (nHFT). It seeks to establish the first international Clinical Research Collaboration dedicated to long-term respiratory support, in an age of ongoing transitioning care from hospital-based services to outpatient or home care settings, while ensuring high-quality care and addressing key research priorities.

IMPORTANCE计划旨在改善需接受长期呼吸支持的睡眠呼吸障碍（sleep disordered breathing, SDB）与慢性呼吸衰竭（chronic respiratory failure, CRF）患者的照护水平，此类呼吸支持涵盖气道正压通气（positive airway pressure, PAP）、家庭机械通气（home mechanical ventilation, HMV）及家庭经鼻高流量氧疗（home nasal high-flow therapy, nHFT）。在照护模式持续从院内医疗服务向门诊或居家照护场景转型的当下，该计划致力于建立全球首个聚焦长期呼吸支持的临床研究协作体，同时保障高质量照护并回应核心研究优先级议题。