Neurological improvement following respiratory support in syringomyelia: case report.
Respiratory failure in syringomyelia has rarely been reported. We report a patient with syringomyelia who showed some neurological improvement after intermittent respiratory support with negative and positive pressure ventilation.
Seliger
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Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York.
Zackson
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Nichols
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Gold
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Nishimoto
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009420:Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000628:therapy*; D015919:Ventilators, Negative-Pressure; D014831:Voice