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Tracheostomy Ventilation in a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclero

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  • Muhammad K Rafiq

    (Registrar in Neurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK)

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive terminal neurological disorder. It causes profound disability and average life span is 2-3 years from symptom onset. Death is usually due to respiratory failure. ALS can affect adults of any age, but the mean age of onset is 55-60 years. There is no cure and treatment is only supportive. Of supportive interventions, supporting respiratory function with non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has been demonstrated to have the largest survival benefit[1]. Due to the relentless degeneration of the motor neurones innervating the respiratory muscles, after a period of successful benefit, NIV becomes ineffective and the patient can only survive if provided with invasive ventilation i.e., tracheostomy ventilation (TV).

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  • Muhammad K Rafiq, 2018. "Tracheostomy Ventilation in a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclero," Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 8(4), pages 71-72, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:8:y:2018:i:4:p:71-72
    DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2018.08.555744
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