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Hypercapnic respiratory failure during pregnancy due to polymyositis-related respiratory muscle weakness: a case report

BACKGROUND: Polymyositis is a rare medical disorder complicating pregnancy. Ventilatory muscle weakness leading to respiratory failure is an uncommon manifestation of this autoimmune disease. We report a case of life-threatening hypercapnic respiratory failure due to polymyositis-related respiratory...

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Autores principales: Ali, Husain Shabbir, Hassan, Ibrahim Fawzy, George, Saibu, Fadlelmula, Abdalrazig Elsadig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28743311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1368-2