Appropriate management of respiratory problems is of utmost importance in the treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1879-1882

  Servera, Emilio ^a,b,c,d   Sancho, Jesús ^a,b,c  

^a Hospital Clínico Universitario ^*

^b Hospital Clinico Universitario   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RILUZOLE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 21844448631     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.6.1879     Document Type: Editorial

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