title: Nasal ventilation in pregnancy: treatment of nocturnal hypoventilation in a patient with kyphoscoliosis.
abstract: The management of a young woman with congenital kyphoscoliosis, who developed symptomatic nocturnal hypoventilation during the third trimester of pregnancy, is described. Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) was safely and effectively used to correct nocturnal hypoxaemia and hypercapnia from the 30th-36th week of gestation, when a healthy boy was delivered by Caesarean section. Following delivery, the mother no longer required NIPPV and returned to her prepregnancy level of activity.
authors.affiliation: Academic Dept of Respiratory Medicine, London Chest Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Restrick
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Clapp
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mikelsons
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wedzicha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation / Q000379:methods; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications*