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3530648

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPB) is reported to improve lung compliance and decrease the work of breathing in subjects with kyphoscoliosis. These results suggest that IPPB may improve chest wall and lung compliance in patients with neuromuscular disease. We studied the short-term effects of IPPB on total respiratory system compliance in 14 subjects with neuromuscular disease. Seven were quadriplegics, and seven had muscular dystrophy. Vital capacity was reduced to 38 +/- 14 percent of the predicted normal values. Baseline measurements of total respiratory system compliance were 57 +/- 18 percent when compared to normal control values. After a 20 minute treatment of IPPB delivered with inspiratory pressures of 20 to 25 cm H2O that more than tripled resting tidal volume, there was no significant change in total respiratory system compliance in either group of patients. These findings indicate that patients with quadriplegia or muscular dystrophy do not derive immediate improvement in ventilatory mechanics from IPPB treatments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
546-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Intermittent positive pressure breathing in patients with respiratory muscle weakness. Alterations in total respiratory system compliance.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article