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Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in Case of Chiari 1.5 Malformation: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Type 2 respiratory failure is defined as hypercapnia associated with hypoxia. Chiari 1.5 is known as herniation of the cerebellar tonsils along with brain stem and fourth ventricle. We report a 35-year-old male who presented with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (Type 2), without any preexistin...

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Autores principales: Vasani, Viralkumar M., Konar, Subhas Kanti, Satish, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5672678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29142384
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_179_17