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Case Reports
. 1998 Sep;19(3):225-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(98)00034-4.

Respiratory failure in myasthenia gravis and negative pressure support

A Chisakuta  1 , R C Tasker
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Respiratory failure in myasthenia gravis and negative pressure support

A Chisakuta et al. Pediatr Neurol. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

A young female whose pyridostigmine treatment had recently been changed presented with myasthenia gravis, acute respiratory failure, and respiratory infection. She was supported with a noninvasive negative pressure cuirass device as an aid to optimizing medical therapies without the confounding factor of pharmacology-induced sedation and analgesia.

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