Pneumothorax in neuromuscular disease associated with lung volume recruitment and mechanical insufflation‐exsufflation

A 25‐year‐old male with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and a 73‐year‐old male with motor neurone disease both presented with chest pain and increasing dyspnoea following routine mechanical insufflation‐exsufflation or lung volume recruitment, on a background of long‐term non‐invasive ventilation. In ea...

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Main Authors: Luke Andrew McDonald, David John Berlowitz, Mark Erskine Howard, Linda Rautela, Caroline Chao, Nicole Sheers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-08-01
Series:Respirology Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.447