Use of non-invasive ventilation to facilitate extubation in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with hypercapnic respiratory failure

We present the case of a 44-year-old man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) intubated for hypercapnic respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia. The patient was successfully extubated, transitioned to non-invasive ventilation and lived at home comfortably for 17 months, with good functional...

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Published in:Neurol Int
Main Authors: Diaz-Abad, Montserrat, Chauhan, Chandana, Epps, Denise, Russell, James W., Kwan, Justin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2019
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589641/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281603
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8102
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