The Use of Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in Myasthenic Crisis

• Egile Nagusiak: Mustafa Said Aydoğan (Egilea), M. Ali Erdoğan (Egilea), Aytaç Yücel (Egilea), Ülkü Özgül (Egilea), Hüseyin Konur (Egilea), Türkan Toğal (Egilea), Mahmut Durmuş (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Galenos Yayinevi, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease of the nicotinic acetylcholin receptors at the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction. Myasthenic crisis, defined as respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation is a common life-threatening complication that occur approximately 15% to...