BiPAP in acute respiratory failure due to myasthenic crisis may prevent intubation

Neurology. 2003 Jul 8;61(1):144; author reply 144. doi: 10.1212/wnl.61.1.144.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Contraindications
  • Humans
  • Myasthenia Gravis / complications
  • Myasthenia Gravis / physiopathology
  • Myasthenia Gravis / therapy*
  • Oxygen Consumption
  • Positive-Pressure Respiration / methods*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / classification
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*