Non-invasive Ventilation in Children With Neuromuscular Disease

The respiratory muscles are rarely spared in children with neuromuscular diseases (NMD) which puts them at risk of alveolar hypoventilation. The role of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is then to assist or “replace” the weakened respiratory muscles in order to correct alveolar hypoventilation by main...

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Published in:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Main Authors: Brigitte Fauroux, Sonia Khirani, Lucie Griffon, Theo Teng, Agathe Lanzeray, Alessandro Amaddeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Subjects:
non-invasive ventilation
child
neuromuscular disease
nocturnal hypoventilation
sleep
sleep-disordered breathing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.00482/full

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