title: [Management of patients receiving home respiratory care with tracheostomy and positive-pressure ventilation].
abstract: On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred and a massive tsunami hit the northeastern coast of Japan. In Miyagi prefecture in Tokoku district, 49 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis were supported by home respiratory care with tracheostomy and positive-pressure ventilation at that time. Among them, two patients were died in the tsunami and 25 patients were forced to evacuate to hospitals. We should hurry to submit a guideline for medical transportation for patients with neuromuscular diseases requiring artificial ventilation. We also should research the disaster medicine in the field of neurology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000628:therapy; D054597:Disaster Medicine; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000592:standards; D057192:Tsunamis