Non-invasive management of an acute chest infection for a patient with ALS

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 111-113

  Servera, E ^a,b   Sancho, J ^a   Gomez Merino E ^a   Briones, M L ^a   Vergara, P ^a   Perez D ^a   Marin J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway secretions management; ALS treatment; Mechanical insufflation exsufflation; Mechanically assisted cough; Non invasive positive pressure ventilation; Non invasive respiratory aids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AERATION; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037447768     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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