[Secondary pulmonary hypertension in a patient with severe chronic restrictive pulmonary insufficiency--normalized during treatment with non-invasive intranasal ventilation and oxygen].
The present case report describes a young woman with severe restrictive lung failure, who developed pulmonary hypertension. She was treated successfully with nocturnal noninvasive nasal ventilation and oxygen, which removed symptoms and signs of cardiac incompensation. The improvement has persisted for five years.
Laursen
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Respirationscenter Ost, Rigshospitalet, København.
Krantz
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Jacobsen
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical