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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement under NIV in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Severe Ventilatory Dysfunction: A Safe and Effective Procedure

INTRODUCTION: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder with an inexorably progressive course which leads to a progressive neuromuscular weakness. Weight loss is one of the major bad prognostic factors in ALS. The placement of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is of...

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Autores principales: Gaspar, Rui, Ramalho, Rosa, Coelho, Rosa, Andrade, Patrícia, Goncalves, Miguel R., Macedo, Guilherme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9891146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36743993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000519926