British Thoracic Society guideline for respiratory management of children with neuromuscular weakness

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Hull, Jeremy ^a   Aniapravan, Roona ^b   Chan, Elaine ^c   Chatwin, Michelle ^d   Forton, Julian ^e   Gallagher, Jayne ^a   Gibson, Neil ^f   Gordon, Jill ^g   Hughes, Imelda ^c   McCulloch, Renee ^h   Russell, Robert Ross ^b   Simonds, Anita ^d  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^g Child Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING DISORDER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR WEAKNESS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPIROMETRY; TERMINAL CARE; THORAX DEFORMITY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAPNOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PALLIATIVE CARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84862743456     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201964     Document Type: Review

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