Noninvasive ventilation in a young infant with congenital central hypoventilation and 7‐year follow‐up

• Main Authors: Zhifei Xu (Author), Yunxiao Wu (Author), Bei Li (Author), Li Zheng (Author), Jingyuan Liu (Author), Kunling Shen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare disorder characterized by alveolar hypoventilation and autonomic system dysregulation secondary to mutations of the PHOX2B gene. Treatment consists of assisted ventilation using positive‐pressure ventilators via trach...