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Noninvasive ventilatory support to reverse weight loss in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case series
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Noninvasive ventilatory support to reverse weight loss in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A case series

P Deo and J.R Bach
Pulmonology, Vol.25(2), pp.79-82
03/2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2018.06.002
PMID: 30033339

Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy Dysphagia Malnutrition Neuromuscular disease Noninvasive ventilation Noninvasive ventilatory support
This case series of five patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy demonstrates the nutritional advantages of instituting noninvasive intermittent positive pressure ventilatory support via 15mm angled mouthpieces to relieve tachypnea and provide more time to swallow food safely. In each case weight loss was reversed.
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