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  • A 64-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has been dependent on artificial ventilation through tracheotomy for 6 years.
  • Imaging revealed her trachea was dilated and the cuff pressure of her tracheostomy tube was excessively high, causing air leaks.
  • By using an adjustable flange tracheostomy tube, they successfully decreased the cuff pressure and resolved the air leak, highlighting the importance of managing cuff pressure to prevent complications.
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Background: Macroglossia is one of the clinical signs that emerges in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who are undergoing invasive ventilation.

Objective: We aimed to investigate the relationship between the progression of macroglossia and the clinical characteristics during the advanced stages of ALS.

Methods: Forty-one patients with ALS using invasive ventilation with tracheostomy were prospectively followed over a 3-year period.

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Macroglossia in advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Muscle Nerve

September 2016

Department of Frontier Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan.

Introduction: An enlarged tongue (macroglossia) has been reported in advanced-stage patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Methods: In this study we examined the prevalence of macroglossia and analyzed clinical correlations in 65 ALS patients on tracheostomy-invasive ventilation (TIV).

Results: Macroglossia was found in 22 patients (33.

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