Role of Intermittent Noninvasive Ventilation in Anticholinesterase Dose Adjustment for Myasthenic Crisis
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Noninvasive ventilation in myasthenic crisis.
BACKGROUND Myasthenic crisis (MC) is often associated with prolonged intubation and with respiratory complications. OBJECTIVES To assess predictors of ventilation duration and to compare the effectiveness of endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation (ET-MV) with bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) noninvasive ventilation in MC. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Acad...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1875-4597
DOI: 10.1016/s1875-4597(10)60012-4