title: [What is the role of life support systems in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?].
abstract: There is very little information in the medical literature concerning the problems of tracheotomy and emergency intubation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nevertheless, we can assumed that: explicative information for the patient is important, emergency ventilation is not very frequent, emergency ventilation was not systematic, prognosis of emergency ventilation is very poor.
authors.affiliation: Fédération des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille. christophe.pinet@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pinet
mesh_terms: D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008020:Life Support Care; D014140:Tracheotomy