title: Chronic respiratory failure and neuromuscular disease.
abstract: The outlook for children with respiratory complications of neuromuscular disease has improved significantly in the past 15 years. This has been the result of many advances in clinical care, including improved monitoring of lung function and hypoventilation during sleep; coordinated respiratory care by experienced physicians with access to specialized respiratory services, especially physiotherapy; and, most importantly, the widespread introduction of noninvasive ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia. declan.kennedy@adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: J Declan
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: A James
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004867:Equipment Design; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical