title: Hypoventilation: neuromuscular and chest wall disorders.
abstract: Patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders are vulnerable at night when alterations in ventilatory mechanics and control associated with their disease are imposed on the changes in mechanics and control associated with sleep. The physiologic and clinical consequences of these events may be reversed by nocturnal mechanical ventilatory support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen