Management of respiration in MND/ALS patients: An evidence based review

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-15

  Heffernan, Catherine ^a   Jenkinson, Crispin ^a,g   Holmes, Tricia ^b   Macleod, Heidi ^b   Kinnear, William ^c   Oliver, David ^d   Leigh, Nigel ^e   Ampong, Mary Ann ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Motor Neurone Disease Association   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Department of Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management; Respiration; Respiratory insufficiency; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33645117356     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820510043235     Document Type: Review

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