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A comparison of invasive versus noninvasive full-time mechanical ventilation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Chron Respir Dis
October 2008
Inkendaal Rehabilitation Hospital, Acute Neurorespiratory Rehabilitation Unit, Centre for Mechanical Ventilation and Neuromuscular Centre VUB - Inkendaal, Brussels, Belgium.
The aim of this study was to compare morbidity and causes of death in a series of 42 Duchenne patients receiving full-time mechanical ventilation either by tracheostomy (TR, n = 16 or by noninvasive methods (noninvasive ventilation [NIV], n = 26). At inclusion for a 5-year observation period (2002-2006), TR and NIV patients were 32.7 and 27 years old, respectively.
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