Chronic respiratory failure in a patient with type I Arnold-Chiari malformation (ACM1) and syringomyelia

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-141

  Fanfulla, F ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation; Central sleep apnoea; Control of breathing; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0031825708     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Oldfield EH, Muraszko K, Shawker TH, Patronas NJ. -Pathophysiology of syringomyelia associated with Chiari I malformation of the cerebellar tonsils. J Neurosurg 1994; 80: 3-15.
2. Bokinsky GE, Hudson LD, Weil JV. - Impaired peripheral chemosensitivity and acute respiratory failure in Arnold-Chiari malformation and syringomyelia. N Engl J Med 1973; 288: 947-948.