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Bilevel positive airway pressure therapy in a patient with myotonic dystrophy and postoperative respiratory failure: A case report

Respiratory failure is a common complication in patients with myotonic dystrophy (MD) and might be a presenting symptom in the perioperative setting. We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with MD who underwent open cholecystectomy and developed postoperative respiratory failure. Without reintuba...

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Autores principales: Koyama, Yukihide, Kohno, Masashi, Tsuzaki, Koichi, Kamiyama, Koki, Morimoto, Yasuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7164470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32317885
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.SJA_648_19

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