Non-invasive ventilation in hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to sclerodermic chest wall restriction

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1170-1172

  Nageh, T T ^a   Du Bois, R M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCLERODERMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

EID: 0031688872     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90414-0     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Hunninghake GW, Fauci LAS. Pulmonary involvement in collagen vascular diseases. Am Rev Resp Dis 1979; 119: 471-503.
2. Begg LR, Hughes DTD. Serial PFTs in progressive systemic sclerosis. Thorax 1979; 34: 224-228.
3. Russel DC, Maloney A, Muir AL. Progressive generalised scleroderma: respiratory failure from primary chest wall involvement. Thorax 1981; 36: 219-220.
4. Hill NS. Non-invasive ventilation. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 147: 1050-1055.
5. Scano G, Gigliott F, Duranti R et al. Changes in ventilatory muscle function with negative pressure ventilation in patients with severe COPD. Chest 1990; 97: 322-327.
6. Moxham J. Respiratory muscle fatigue: mechanisms, evaluations and therapy. Br J Anaesth 1990; 65: 43-53.
7. Roussos C. Function and fatigue of respiratory muscles. Chest 1985; 88: 1245-1315.
8. Belman MJ, Soo Hoo GW, Kugi J, Shadmehr R. Efficacy of positive vs negative pressure ventilation in un-loading respiratory muscles. Chest 1990; 98: 850-856.
9. Simonds AK, Parker RA, Branthwaite MA. The effect of intermittent positive-pressure hyperinflation in restrictive chest wall disease. Respiration 1989; 55: 136-143.
10. Hamnegard CH, Wragg S, Kyroussis D et al. Diaphragm fatigue following maximal ventilation in man. Eur Resp J 1996; 9: 241-247.