Mouthpiece ventilation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a rescue strategy for noncompliant patients

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate mouthpiece ventilation (MPV) in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who are noncompliant with noninvasive ventilation (NIV). METHODS: We evaluated four young patients with DMD who had previously refused to undergo NIV. Each patient was reassessed and encouraged to...

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Published in:J Bras Pneumol
Main Authors: Fiorentino, Giuseppe, Annunziata, Anna, Cauteruccio, Rosa, Frega, Gianfranco Scotto di, Esquinas, Antonio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016
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Case Series
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344096/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28117478
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562016000000050
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