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Case Reports
. 1980 Feb;7(2):188-91.
doi: 10.1002/ana.410070217.

Management of hypoventilation in motor neuron disease presenting with respiratory insufficiency

E D Sivak, E W Streib
Case Reports

Management of hypoventilation in motor neuron disease presenting with respiratory insufficiency

E D Sivak et al. Ann Neurol. 1980 Feb.

Abstract

A 57-year-old man presented with a three-month history of somnolence, hypoventilation, cor pulmonale, and episodes of apnea during sleep. Neurological studies revealed motor neuron disease, mainly confined to the muscles of respiration, that was causing respiratory insufficiency in the supine position. Nighttime treatment of respiratory insufficiency has permitted independent activity during wakefulness.

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