About the Authors

Marine Garguilo

Affiliation UMR1179, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France

Michèle Lejaille

Affiliations UMR1179, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France, CIC INSERM 1429 - Raymond Poincaré Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France

Isabelle Vaugier

Affiliation CIC INSERM 1429 - Raymond Poincaré Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France

David Orlikowski

Affiliations UMR1179, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France, CIC INSERM 1429 - Raymond Poincaré Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France, Home ventilation unit (Intensive Care Department), Raymond Poincaré Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France

Nicolas Terzi

Affiliations Intensive Care Department, CHRU Caen, Caen, France, INSERM U1075 - Université de Caen, Caen, France

Frédéric Lofaso

Affiliations UMR1179, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France, Physiology Department, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France

Hélène Prigent

helene.prigent@rpc.aphp.fr

Affiliations UMR1179, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France, Physiology Department, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France

Competing Interests

Prof Lofaso and Dr Prigent were consultants to RESMED for an evaluation of home ventilators in different clinical conditions. Their University (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles, France) received 50 000 euros in January 2014 for this work. The present study was independent from this consulting work. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No conflict exists for the other authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG NT HP FL. Performed the experiments: MG ML DO HP. Analyzed the data: MG HP FL IV. Wrote the paper: MG HP FL.