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

• Автори: Montserrat Diaz-Abad (Автор), Chandana Chauhan (Автор), Denise Epps (Автор), James W. Russell (Автор), Justin Kwan (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: MDPI AG, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Предмети: article
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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...