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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Neurology International |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni/article/view/8102 |