Noninvasive ventilation options in pediatric myasthenia gravis

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 699-702

  Piastra, Marco ^a,b   Conti, Giorgio ^a   Caresta, Elena ^a   Tempera, Alessia ^a   Chiaretti, Antonio ^a   Polidori, Giancarlo ^a   Antonelli, Massimo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Myasthenia gravis; Noninvasive; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG INFECTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG DISEASE; MASK; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ATELECTASIS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG DISEASES; MASKS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS;

EID: 27744560631     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01617.x     Document Type: Article

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