title: Intermittent positive airway pressure by nasal mask as a treatment for respiratory insufficiency in a patient with syringomyelia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verbraecken
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Willemen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: De Cock
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van de Heyning
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: De Backer
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen