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 5Â 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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0873215913000226 |