Successful treatment of atelectasis with Dornase alpha in a patient with congenital muscular dystrophy

A 28-year-old neuromuscular patient chronically treated with nocturnal noninvasive ventilation developed pulmonary lobar atelectasis and daytime hypoxemia. Twenty four-hour 5 L/min oxygen was begun, while mechanical cough assist aids were applied for seven days. In the following three days, treatme...

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Main Authors: G. Crescimanno, O. Marrone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0873215913000226