Use of non-invasive ventilation to facilitate extubation in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with hypercapnic respiratory failure

• Egile Nagusiak: Montserrat Diaz-Abad (Egilea), Chandana Chauhan (Egilea), Denise Epps (Egilea), James W. Russell (Egilea), Justin Kwan (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: MDPI AG, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...