Is survival improved by the use of NIV and PEG in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)? A post-mortem study of 80 ALS patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Burkhardt, Christian ^a   Neuwirth, Christoph ^a   Sommacal, Andreas ^a   Andersen, Peter M ^b   Weber, Markus ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; C9ORF72 GENE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; GASTROSTOMY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR RESPIRATORY FACTOR; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; NUCLEAR RESPIRATORY FACTORS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85019565828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177555     Document Type: Article

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