Long-term nasal ventilation in neuromuscular disorders: report of a consensus conference.
Following the colloquium entitled "Nasal Ventilation and Neuromuscular Disease", which took place in Lyon, France, October 24, 1991, a group of authorities on neuromuscular disorders met to establish a consensus concerning the application of this technique, in the clinical setting, for patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, non-Duchenne myopathies and the spinal muscular atrophies. This report summarizes recommendations issuing from this conference. The conclusions drawn from this work should not be applied to patients with other diagnoses.
Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France.
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D006801:Humans; D008397:Masks; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000628:therapy*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000628:therapy*; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors