title: Intensive care and non-invasive mechanical ventilation in kyphoscoliosis: are new perspectives still needed?
abstract: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) assists breathing and thus improves oxygenation in patients with Kyphoscoliosis. The benefits of short- and long-term intermittent nocturnal in such patients have been reported previously (improvement of vital capacity, total lung capacity, muscle strength, daytime oxygenation, exercise capacity, and pulmonary hypertension). We review this important study reporting patients with kyphoscoliosis and acute respiratory failure along with their long-term outcomes. We believe that this letter may provide important information regarding the prognosis and efficacy of NIV.
authors: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Avd Marques Velez, s/n, Murcia 30,008, Spain. antmesquinas@gmail.com.
authors: Antonio M
authors: AM
authors: Esquinas
authors: Yoshinori
authors: Y
authors: Matsuoka
authors: Nalan
authors: N
authors: Adıgüzel
authors: Zuhal
authors: Z
authors: Karakurt
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