Five-Year Follow-Up and Outcomes of Noninvasive Ventilation in Subjects With Neuromuscular Diseases.

CONCLUSIONS: NIV was tolerated long-term without significant increases in daily application time for most subjects with NMD. However, in individuals with ALS, development of severe bulbar symptoms can risk maintaining NIV. PMID: 29298901 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Respiratory Care - January 3, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Suh MR, Choi WA, Kim DH, Lee JW, Kim EY, Kang SW Tags: Respir Care Source Type: research