Role of noninvasive ventilation in perioperative patients with neuromuscular disease: a clinical case

The inclusion body myositis is an inflammatory myopathy that leads to chronic muscle inflammation associated with muscle weakness. It is characterized by a restrictive ventilatory syndrome requiring ventilatory support under non-invasive ventilation. The authors describe a clinical case and the anae...

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Main Authors: Ana Marinho, Mario José Guimarães, Neusa Cristina Ribeiro Lages, Carlos Correia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414000323