BiPAP in acute respiratory failure due to myasthenic crisis may prevent intubation

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1647-1649

  Rabinstein, Alejandro ^a   Wijdicks, Eelco F M ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTUBATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0037180469     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000033797.79530.16     Document Type: Article

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