Intermittent positive airway pressure by nasal mask as a treatment for respiratory insufficiency in a patient with syringomyelia.
We report a case of a 73-year-old woman with chronic respiratory failure in association with syringohydromyelia and sleep apnea. She was initially intubated and mechanically ventilated. Weaning from the ventilator was only successful after nasal intermittent positive airway pressure therapy was started. A normalization of arterial blood gas exchange could be achieved.
Verbraecken
Johan
J
Department of Pulmonology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Willemen
M
M
De Cock
W
W
Van de Heyning
P
P
De Backer
W
W
D000368:Aged; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007384:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D017286:Polysomnography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen