Cause of death in japanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on tracheostomy-positive pressure ventilation

European Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 261-263

  Furukawa, Yutaka ^a   Komai, Kiyonobu ^a   Ishida, Chiho ^a   Takahashi, Kazuya ^a   Tagami, Atsuro ^a   Motozaki, Yuko ^a   Ikeda, Tokuhei ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Iou National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOUTH CARCINOMA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84866507788     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341341     Document Type: Letter

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