DiPALS: Diaphragm Pacing in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – a randomised controlled trial

DiPALS: Diaphragm Pacing in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – a randomised controlled trial

Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting in death, usually from respiratory failure, within 2–3 years of symptom onset. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a treatment that when given to patients in respiratory failure leads to improved survival and qual...

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Main Authors: Christopher J McDermott, Mike J Bradburn, Chin Maguire, Cindy L Cooper, Wendy O Baird, Susan K Baxter, Judith Cohen, Hannah Cantrill, Simon Dixon, Roger Ackroyd, Simon Baudouin, Andrew Bentley, Richard Berrisford, Stephen Bianchi, Stephen C Bourke, Roy Darlison, John Ealing, Mark Elliott, Patrick Fitzgerald, Simon Galloway, Hisham Hamdalla, C Oliver Hanemann, Philip Hughes, Ibrahim Imam, Dayalan Karat, Roger Leek, Nick Maynard, Richard W Orrell, Abeezar Sarela, John Stradling, Kevin Talbot, Lyn Taylor, Martin Turner, Anita K Simonds, Tim Williams, Wisia Wedzicha, Carolyn Young, Pamela J Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2016-06-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Subjects:
diaphragm pacing
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
randomised controlled trial
respiratory failure
overall survival
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20450

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