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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6589641/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281603 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8102 |