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Sheers NL, O’Sullivan R, Howard ME, Berlowitz DJ. The role of lung volume recruitment therapy in neuromuscular disease: a narrative review. FRONTIERS IN REHABILITATION SCIENCES 2023; 4:1164628. [PMID: 37565183 PMCID: PMC10410160 DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2023.1164628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Respiratory muscle weakness results in substantial discomfort, disability, and ultimately death in many neuromuscular diseases. Respiratory system impairment manifests as shallow breathing, poor cough and associated difficulty clearing mucus, respiratory tract infections, hypoventilation, sleep-disordered breathing, and chronic ventilatory failure. Ventilatory support (i.e., non-invasive ventilation) is an established and key treatment for the latter. As survival outcomes improve for people living with many neuromuscular diseases, there is a shift towards more proactive and preventative chronic disease multidisciplinary care models that aim to manage symptoms, improve morbidity, and reduce mortality. Clinical care guidelines typically recommend therapies to improve cough effectiveness and mobilise mucus, with the aim of averting acute respiratory compromise or respiratory tract infections. Moreover, preventing recurrent infective episodes may prevent secondary parenchymal pathology and further lung function decline. Regular use of techniques that augment lung volume has similarly been recommended (volume recruitment). It has been speculated that enhancing lung inflation in people with respiratory muscle weakness when well may improve respiratory system "flexibility", mitigate restrictive chest wall disease, and slow lung volume decline. Unfortunately, clinical care guidelines are based largely on clinical rationale and consensus opinion rather than level A evidence. This narrative review outlines the physiological changes that occur in people with neuromuscular disease and how these changes impact on breathing, cough, and respiratory tract infections. The biological rationale for lung volume recruitment is provided, and the clinical trials that examine the immediate, short-term, and longer-term outcomes of lung volume recruitment in paediatric and adult neuromuscular diseases are presented and the results synthesised.
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- Nicole L. Sheers
- Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
- Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
- Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Turner Institute of Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
- Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Physiotherapy, Austin Health, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia
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Salas-Monedero M, Lozano-Berrio V, Cazorla-Martínez MJ, Ceruelo-Abajo S, Gil-Agudo Á, Hernández-Sánchez S, Jiménez-Díaz JF, DelosReyes-Guzmán A. Is it Feasible to Use a Low-Cost Wearable Sensor for Heart Rate Monitoring within an Upper Limb Training in Spinal Cord Injured Patients?: A Pilot Study. Bioengineering (Basel) 2022; 9:bioengineering9120763. [PMID: 36550969 PMCID: PMC9774606 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering9120763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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(1) Background: Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) patients have impairment in the autonomic nervous system, reflected in the cardiovascular adaption level during the performance of upper limb (UL) activities carried out in the rehabilitation process. This adaption level could be measured from the heart rate (HR) by means of wearable technologies. Therefore, the objective was to analyze the feasibility of using Xiaomi Mi Band 5 wristband (XMB5) for HR monitoring in these patients during the performance of UL activities; (2) Methods: The HR measurements obtained from XMB5 were compared to those obtained by the professional medical equipment Nonin LifeSense II capnograph and pulse oximeter (NLII) in static and dynamic conditions. Then, four healthy people and four cervical SCI patients performed a UL training based on six experimental sessions; (3) Results: the correlation between the HR measurements from XMB5 and NLII devices was strong and positive in healthy people (r = 0.921 and r = 0.941 (p < 0.01) in the static and dynamic conditions, respectively). Then, XMB5 was used within the experimental sessions, and the HR oscillation range measured was significantly higher in healthy individuals than in patients; (4) Conclusions: The XMB5 seems to be feasible for measuring the HR in this biomedical application in SCI patients.
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- Miriam Salas-Monedero
- Biomechanics and Technical Aids Unit, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (SESCAM), Finca La Peraleda s/n CP 45071, 14507 Toledo, Spain
- International Doctoral School, Castilla La-Mancha University, 14507 Toledo, Spain
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- Biomechanics and Technical Aids Unit, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (SESCAM), Finca La Peraleda s/n CP 45071, 14507 Toledo, Spain
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- Rehabilitation Department, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (SESCAM), 14507 Toledo, Spain
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- Biomechanics and Technical Aids Unit, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (SESCAM), Finca La Peraleda s/n CP 45071, 14507 Toledo, Spain
- Rehabilitation Department, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (SESCAM), 14507 Toledo, Spain
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- Performance and Sport Rehabilitation Laboratory, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Castilla- La Mancha University, 14507 Toledo, Spain
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- Performance and Sport Rehabilitation Laboratory, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Castilla- La Mancha University, 14507 Toledo, Spain
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- Biomechanics and Technical Aids Unit, Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos (SESCAM), Finca La Peraleda s/n CP 45071, 14507 Toledo, Spain
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Outcomes of Long-term Non-invasive Ventilation Use in Children with Neuromuscular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2021; 19:109-119. [PMID: 34181865 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202009-1089oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether children with neuromuscular disorders using long-term non-invasive ventilation, continuous or bilevel positive airway pressure, have improved health outcomes compared to alternative treatment strategies. DATA SOURCES This systematic review is an extension of a scoping review. The search strategy used Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and free-text terms for "child" and "non-invasive ventilation." Studies of humans from 1990 onward were searched in MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (Ebsco), Cochrane Library (Wiley), and PubMed. The results were reviewed for articles reporting on neuromuscular disorders and health outcomes including mortality, hospitalization, quality of life, lung function, sleep study parameters, and healthcare costs. DATA EXTRACTION Extracted data included study design, study duration, sample size, age, type of non-invasive ventilation, follow-up period, primary disease, and primary and secondary outcome measures. Studies were grouped by primary disease into 3 groups: spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and other/multiple neuromuscular diseases. DATA SYNTHESIS A total of 50 articles including 1412 children across 36 different neuromuscular disorders are included in the review. Mortality is lower for children using long-term non-invasive ventilation compared to supportive care across all neuromuscular disease types. Overall, mortality does not differ when comparing the use of non-invasive ventilation to invasive mechanical ventilation though heterogeneity suggests that mortality with non-invasive ventilation is higher for spinal muscular atropy type-1 and lower for other/multiple neuromuscular diseases. The impact of long-term non-invasive ventilation on hospitalization rate differed by neuromuscular disease type with lower rates compared to invasive mechanical ventilation but higher rates compared to invasive mechanical ventilation use for spinal muscular atrophy type 1, and lower rates compared to before NIV for other/multiple neuromuscular diseases. Overall, lung function was unaltered and sleep study parameters were improved from baseline by long-term non-invasive ventilation use. There are few data to assess the impact of long-term non-invasive ventilation use on quality of life and healthcare costs. CONCLUSION Long-term non-invasive ventilation for children provides benefit for mortality, hospitalizations, and sleep study parameters for some sub-groups of children with neuromuscular disorders. High risk of bias and low study quality preclude strong conclusions.
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Senel GB, Arkali NB, Saltik S, Yalcinkaya C, Karadeniz D. The effects of non-invasive mechanical ventilation on cardiac autonomic dysfunction in spinal muscular atrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2020; 30:845-850. [PMID: 32972779 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2020.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) constitutes an important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We investigated heart rate variability (HRV) to evaluate the effects of non-invasive mechanical ventilation on cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with SMA and OSAS. Six patients with SMA (type 1 and 2) and six age- and sex-matched healthy children were consecutively enrolled. A whole-night diagnostic polysomnography was performed, and SMA patients with OSAS were given non-invasive mechanical ventilation therapy. HRV analysis was performed on the basis of whole-night electrocardiography recordings via a computer-base program. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was 9.2 ± 6.2/hr in SMA patients, while it was 0.4 ± 0.5/hr in controls (p = 0.036). All SMA patients had OSAS, while none of the controls had OSAS (p = 0.012). Mean percentage of successive R wave of QRS complex (R-R) intervals>50 ms was significantly lower in SMA patients than those in controls (p = 0.031). Significant correlations were found between AHI and high-frequency power, low/high-frequency ratio in wakefulness and in sleep (p<0.05). Repeated HRV analysis in SMA patients following OSAS therapy showed significant reductions in average R-R duration (p = 0.028) and percentage of successive R-R intervals>50 ms (p = 0.043). Our study demonstrates the beneficial effects of non-invasive mechanical ventilation on cardiac autonomic dysfunction in SMA patients with OSAS.
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- Gulcin Benbir Senel
- Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Kaditis AG, Polytarchou A, Moudaki A, Panaghiotopoulou-Gartagani P, Kanaka-Gantenbein C. Measures of nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation in children with neuromuscular disease or Prader-Willi syndrome. Pediatr Pulmonol 2020; 55:2089-2096. [PMID: 32525614 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Evidence for nocturnal oximetry interpretation in patients with abnormal neuromuscular function is limited. We aimed to compare children with neuromuscular disease (NMD) or Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) to otherwise healthy subjects with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) or without respiratory disorder (controls) regarding nocturnal oximetry parameters. METHODS We analyzed recordings from children with: (a) NMD; (b) PWS; (c) snoring and adenotonsillar hypertrophy and/or obesity (SDB); and (d) controls. Outcomes included: (a) basal SpO2 ; (b) proportions of subjects with McGill oximetry score (MOS) >1 (clusters of desaturations); and (c) desaturation index (SpO2 drops ≥3%/h-ODI3). RESULTS Data of 12 subjects with NMD (median age, 5.2 years; IQR, 2.7, 8.2), 14 children with PWS (5 years; 2.3, 6.9), 21 children with SDB (5.8 years; 4.6, 9.6), and 20 controls (6.2 years; 5.4, 11.2) were analyzed. Children with NMD, PWS, and SDB had lower basal SpO2 than controls (95.6% [94.5%, 96.9%], 96.2% [95.1%, 97.4%], 96.1% [95.8%, 97.5%] vs 97.8% [97.2%, 97.9%], respectively; (P < .01). NMD and PWS showed the greatest negative effect on basal SpO2 (P < .05). Children with SDB or PWS had a higher risk of MOS >1 than patients with NMD (OR, 25.9 [95% CI, 3.4-200.4] and 9.5 [1.5-62.6]). NMD, PWS, and SDB were similar regarding ODI3, which was elevated compared to ODI3 in controls (P < .05). Frequent desaturations predominated in NMD, while periods of sustained desaturation were noted in NMD and PWS. CONCLUSION PWS and NMD have a negative effect on basal SpO2 , while clusters of desaturations are prevalent in patients with PWS or obstructive SDB.
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- Athanasios G Kaditis
- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine and Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine and Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine and Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine and Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Disorders Laboratory, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine and Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Onofri A, Broomfield A, Tan HL. Transition to Adult Care in Children on Long-Term Ventilation. Front Pediatr 2020; 8:548839. [PMID: 33102405 PMCID: PMC7555615 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.548839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The number of children on long-term ventilation (LTV) has exponentially increased over the past few decades. Improvements in management of ventilation coupled with improvements in standards of medical care are increasingly allowing young people on LTV to survive into adulthood. The process of transition from the pediatric to the adult healthcare system is challenging and requires special attention. This review aims to provide an overview on transition to adult care for children on LTV. Firstly, examining effective models of transition in other childhood onset chronic conditions as a template, whilst highlighting the unique aspects of transition in LTV patients and secondly, summarizing the main relevant findings in the literature on the topic and emphasizing the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to this process.
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- Alessandro Onofri
- Pediatric Pulmonology & Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit, Sleep and Long-Term Ventilation Unit, Academic Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesü Children's Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit, Manchester Center for Genomic Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Respiratory Involvement in Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases: A Narrative Review. Pulm Med 2019; 2019:2734054. [PMID: 31949952 PMCID: PMC6944960 DOI: 10.1155/2019/2734054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Respiratory muscle weakness is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with neuromuscular diseases (NMDs). Respiratory involvement in NMDs can manifest broadly, ranging from milder insufficiency that may affect only sleep initially to severe insufficiency that can be life threatening. Patients with neuromuscular diseases exhibit very often sleep-disordered breathing, which is frequently overlooked until symptoms become more severe leading to irreversible respiratory failure necessitating noninvasive ventilation (NIV) or even tracheostomy. Close monitoring of respiratory function and sleep evaluation is currently the standard of care. Early recognition of sleep disturbances and initiation of NIV can improve the quality of life and prolong survival. This review discusses the respiratory impairment during sleep in patients with NMDs, the diagnostic tools available for early recognition of sleep-disordered breathing and the therapeutic options available for overall respiratory management of patients with NMDs.
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Polysomnography findings in pediatric spinal muscular atrophy types 1-3. Sleep Med 2019; 68:124-130. [PMID: 32035302 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) causes sleep disturbance and daytime symptoms in children with neuromuscular disorders. Although polysomnography (PSG) findings are well described in many neuromuscular disorders, there are limited reports from children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The aim of this study was to determine the sleep architecture and breathing characteristics and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) use in our pediatric SMA cohort. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional cohort study of all children with SMA in Queensland, Australia. Children were Nusinersen naïve and had a full diagnostic PSG in 2018. The PSG was scored and reported by a single pediatric sleep physician in accordance with American Academy of Sleep Medicine Criteria (2012). RESULTS In sum, 31 children (18 males), Six with Type 1, 16 with Type 2 and nine with Type 3, aged 0.25-18.8 years old were studied. SDB was seen in each SMA type and was more pronounced during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Type 1: all patients exhibited SDB, three (50%) with central sleep apnea (CSA) and three (50%) with mixed disease. Type 2: five (31%) had CSA, one (6%) mixed disease, seven (44%) had early SDB and three (19%) had normal sleep breathing. Type 3: four (44%) children had CSA and five had early SDB. No child exhibited obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) alone.Starting NIV significantly reduced mean total PSG Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) scores from a grouped mean of 15.4 events per hour (SD ± 14.6; 95% CI 6.1-24.7) to 4.0 events per hour (SD ± 4.2, 95% CI 1.2-6.5, p = 0.01). CONCLUSION SDB is common in children with SMA and was present in all types. CSA was the most common disorder; with mixed SDB also present in type 1 and 2 SMA.
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Temsah MHA, Al-Sohime FM, Bashiri FA, Al-Eyadhy AA, Hasan GM, Alhaboob AA. Respiratory support attitudes among pediatric intensive care staff for spinal muscular atrophy patients in Saudi Arabia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 23:62-65. [PMID: 29455226 PMCID: PMC6751909 DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2018.1.20170103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Objectives: To explore therapeutic attitude of healthcare providers practicing in pediatric critical care in Saudi Arabia toward patients with Spinal Muscular Atroph (SMA) Type I, and to explore their awareness about the International Consensus statement for SMA care. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in April 2015 during 6th Saudi Critical Care Conference, targeting physicians and respiratory therapists practicing in Pediatric Critical Care. Results: Sixty participants accepted to participate in this survey. Out of those who answered the questionnaire, 44 were included in the analysis. Majority (66%) of participants were unaware of the International Consensus guidelines for SMA. Endotracheal intubation was reported as an acceptable intervention in SMA patients with acute respiratory failure by 43% of participants. Similarly, chronic home ventilation was agreed by 41% of participants. Conclusion: A nationwide adaptation of the International SMA Consensus guidelines for children with SMA I is recommended, aiming to decrease variability and standardize their management across various healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia.
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- Mohamad-Hani A Temsah
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Department, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail:
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Grychtol R, Abel F, Fitzgerald DA. The role of sleep diagnostics and non-invasive ventilation in children with spinal muscular atrophy. Paediatr Respir Rev 2018; 28:18-25. [PMID: 30396824 DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a degenerative motor neurone disorder causing progressive muscular weakness. Without assisted ventilation or novel therapies, most children with SMA type 1 die before the second year of life due to respiratory failure as the respiratory muscles and bulbar function are severely affected. Active respiratory treatment (mechanically assisted cough, invasive or non-invasive ventilation) has improved survival significantly in recent decades, but often at the cost of becoming ventilator dependent. The advent of a new oligonucleotide based therapy (Nusinersen) has created new optimism for improving motor function. However, the long-term effect on respiratory function is unclear and non-invasive respiratory support will remain an important part of medical management in patients with SMA. This review summarises the existing knowledge about sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory failure in patients with SMA, especially type 1, as well as the evidence of improved outcome and survival in patients treated with non-invasive or invasive ventilation. Practical considerations and ethical concerns are delineated with discussion on how these may be affected by the advent of new therapies such as Nusinersen.
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- Ruth Grychtol
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Bedi PK, Castro-Codesal ML, Featherstone R, AlBalawi MM, Alkhaledi B, Kozyrskyj AL, Flores-Mir C, MacLean JE. Long-term Non-Invasive Ventilation in Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Pediatr 2018; 6:13. [PMID: 29484287 PMCID: PMC5816035 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) to treat sleep and breathing disorders in children has increased substantially in the last decade; however, less data exist about its use in infants. Given that infants have distinct sleep and breathing patterns when compared to older children, the outcomes of infants on long-term NIV may differ as well. The aim of this study is to systematically review the use and outcomes of long-term NIV in infants. METHODS Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, CINAHL (via EbscoHOST), PubMed, and Wiley Cochrane Library were systematically searched from January 1990 to July 2017. Studies on infants using long-term NIV outside of an acute care setting were included. Data were extracted on study design, population characteristics, and NIV outcomes. RESULTS A total of 327 studies were full-text reviewed, with final inclusion of 60. Studies were distributed across airway (40%), neuromuscular (28%), central nervous system (10%), cardio-respiratory (2%), and multiple (20%) disease categories. Of the 18 airway studies reporting on NIV outcomes, 13 (72%) reported improvements in respiratory parameters. Of the 12 neuromuscular studies exclusively on spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1), six (50%) reported decreased hospitalizations and nine (75%) reported on mortality outcomes. Risk of bias was moderate to serious, and quality of the evidence was low to very low for all studies. Most studies had an observational design with no control group, limiting the potential for a meta-analysis. CONCLUSION The outcomes reported in studies differed by the disease category being studied. Studies on airway conditions showed improvements in respiratory parameters for infants using NIV. Studies on neuromuscular disorder, which were almost exclusively on SMA1, reported decreased hospitalizations and prolonged survival. Overall, it appears that NIV is an effective long-term therapy for infants. However, the high risk of bias and low quality of the available evidence limited strong conclusions.
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- Prabhjot K. Bedi
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta, Knowledge Translation Platform, Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Unit, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
- Women and Children’s Health Research Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Kaditis AG, Alonso Alvarez ML, Boudewyns A, Abel F, Alexopoulos EI, Ersu R, Joosten K, Larramona H, Miano S, Narang I, Tan HL, Trang H, Tsaoussoglou M, Vandenbussche N, Villa MP, Van Waardenburg D, Weber S, Verhulst S. ERS statement on obstructive sleep disordered breathing in 1- to 23-month-old children. Eur Respir J 2017; 50:50/6/1700985. [PMID: 29217599 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00985-2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The present statement was produced by a European Respiratory Society Task Force to summarise the evidence and current practice on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children aged 1-23 months. A systematic literature search was completed and 159 articles were summarised to answer clinically relevant questions. SDB is suspected when symptoms or abnormalities related to upper airway obstruction are identified. Morbidity (pulmonary hypertension, growth delay, behavioural problems) and coexisting conditions (feeding difficulties, recurrent otitis media) may be present. SDB severity is measured objectively, preferably by polysomnography, or alternatively polygraphy or nocturnal oximetry. Children with apparent upper airway obstruction during wakefulness, those with abnormal sleep study in combination with SDB symptoms (e.g. snoring) and/or conditions predisposing to SDB (e.g. mandibular hypoplasia) as well as children with SDB and complex conditions (e.g. Down syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome) will benefit from treatment. Adenotonsillectomy and continuous positive airway pressure are the most frequently used treatment measures along with interventions targeting specific conditions (e.g. supraglottoplasty for laryngomalacia or nasopharyngeal airway for mandibular hypoplasia). Hence, obstructive SDB in children aged 1-23 months is a multifactorial disorder that requires objective assessment and treatment of all underlying abnormalities that contribute to upper airway obstruction during sleep.
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- Athanasios G Kaditis
- Paediatric Pulmonology Unit, First Dept of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine and Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit, Pulmonology, University Hospital of Burgos and CIBER of Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Burgos Foundation for Health Research, Burgos, Spain
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- Dept of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Sleep Disorders Laboratory, University of Thessaly School of Medicine and Larissa University Hospital, Larissa, Greece
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- Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, Paediatric Intensive Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Paediatric Pulmonology Unit, Dept of Paediatrics, University Autonoma of Barcelona, Corporacio Sanitaria Parc Tauli, Hospital of Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
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- Sleep and Epilepsy Centre, Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland, Civic Hospital of Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Dept of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Paediatric Sleep Centre, Robert Debré University Hospital, EA 7334 REMES Paris-Diderot University, Paris, France
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- Paediatric Pulmonology Unit, First Dept of Paediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine and Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Paediatric Sleep Disease Centre, Child Neurology, NESMOS Dept, School of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Dept of Paediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University-UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Dept of Paediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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Diagnosis and management of spinal muscular atrophy: Part 2: Pulmonary and acute care; medications, supplements and immunizations; other organ systems; and ethics. Neuromuscul Disord 2017; 28:197-207. [PMID: 29305137 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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This is the second half of a two-part document updating the standard of care recommendations for spinal muscular atrophy published in 2007. This part includes updated recommendations on pulmonary management and acute care issues, and topics that have emerged in the last few years such as other organ involvement in the severe forms of spinal muscular atrophy and the role of medications. Ethical issues and the choice of palliative versus supportive care are also addressed. These recommendations are becoming increasingly relevant given recent clinical trials and the prospect that commercially available therapies will likely change the survival and natural history of this disease.
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- Howard B Panitch
- Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
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Palomino MA, Castiglioni C. ATROFIA MUSCULAR ESPINAL: MANEJO RESPIRATORIO EN LA PERSPECTIVA DE LOS RECIENTES AVANCES TERAPÉUTICOS. REVISTA MÉDICA CLÍNICA LAS CONDES 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmclc.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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LoMauro A, Aliverti A, Mastella C, Arnoldi MT, Banfi P, Baranello G. Spontaneous Breathing Pattern as Respiratory Functional Outcome in Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0165818. [PMID: 27820869 PMCID: PMC5098831 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Introduction SMA is characterised by progressive motor and respiratory muscle weakness. We aimed to verify if in SMA children 1)each form is characterized by specific ventilatory and thoraco-abdominal pattern(VTAp) during quiet breathing(QB); 2)VTAp is affected by salbutamol therapy, currently suggested as standard treatment, or by the natural history(NH) of SMA; 3)the severity of global motor impairment linearly correlates with VTAp. Materials and methods VTAp was analysed on 32 SMA type I (SMA1,the most severe form), 51 type II (SMA2,the moderate), 8 type III (SMA3,the mildest) and 20 healthy (HC) using opto-electronic plethysmography. Spirometry, cough and motor function were measured in a subgroup of patients. Results In SMA1, a normal ventilation is obtained in supine position by rapid and shallow breathing with paradoxical ribcage motion. In SMA2, ventilation is within a normal range in seated position due to an increased respiratory rate(p<0.05) with reduced tidal volume(p<0.05) secondary to a poor contribution of pulmonary ribcage(%ΔVRC,P, p<0.001). Salbutamol therapy had no effect on VTAp during QB(p>0.05) while tachypnea occurred in type I NH. A linear correlation(p<0.001) was found between motor function scales and VTAp. Conclusion A negative or reduced %ΔVRC,P, indicative of ribcage muscle weakness, is a distinctive feature of SMA1 and SMA2 since infancy. Its quantitative assessment represents a non-invasive, non-volitional index that can be obtained in all children, even uncollaborative, and provides useful information on the action of ribcage muscles that are known to be affected by the disease.Low values of motor function scales indicate impairment of motor but also of respiratory function.
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- A. LoMauro
- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria; Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria; Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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- S.A.PRE., Ospedale Policlinico Maggiore Mangiagalli, and Regina Elena Foundation, Milan, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Carlo Besta Neurological Research Institute Foundation, Milan, Italy
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- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milan, Italy
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Carlo Besta Neurological Research Institute Foundation, Milan, Italy
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McGinley B. Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Children: An Overview. Respir Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3749-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sansone VA, Racca F, Ottonello G, Vianello A, Berardinelli A, Crescimanno G, Casiraghi JL. 1st Italian SMA Family Association Consensus Meeting: Management and recommendations for respiratory involvement in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) types I-III, Rome, Italy, 30-31 January 2015. Neuromuscul Disord 2015; 25:979-89. [PMID: 26453142 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2015.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- V A Sansone
- Centro Clinico NEMO, Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Milano, Milano, Italy.
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- Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, SS Antonio Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy
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- Famiglie SMA Scientific Committee, Milan, Italy
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- Respiratory Pathophysiology Division, University - City Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- I.R.C.C.S Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino, Pavia, Italy
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- A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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Sleep quality of mother-caregivers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Sleep Breath 2015; 20:129-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s11325-015-1196-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Revised: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bhattacharjee R, Gozal D. Sleep Hypoventilation Syndromes and Noninvasive Ventilation in Children. Sleep Med Clin 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2014.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Choi SJ, Yoon HS, Yoon JS. Respiratory distress in children and adolescents. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2014. [DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2014.57.8.685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Seung-Jun Choi
- Department of Pediatrics, the Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, the Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Treatment of Hypoventilation in Children. Sleep Med Clin 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2010.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is now well recognized in children with neuromuscular diseases (NMD) and may lead to significant morbidity and increased mortality. Predisposing factors to SDB in children with NMD include reduced ventilatory responses, reduced activity of respiratory muscles during sleep and poor lung mechanics due to the underlying neuro-muscular disorder. SDB may present long before signs of respiratory failure emerge. When untreated, SDB may contribute to significant cardiovascular morbidities, neuro-cognitive deficits and premature death. One of the problems in detecting SDB in patients with NMD is the lack of correlation between lung function testing and daytime gas exchange. Polysomnography is the preferred method to evaluate for SDB in children with NMD. When the diagnosis of SDB is confirmed, treatment by non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is usually recommended. However, other modalities of mechanical ventilation do exist and may be indicated in combination with or without other supportive measures.
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The effect of long term ventilatory support on hemodynamics in children with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) type II. Sleep Med 2010; 11:201-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2009] [Revised: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/28/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Thoraco-abdominal asynchrony is often observed in many respiratory disorders and/or respiratory muscle dysfunctions and clinically assessed as a sign of respiratory distress and increased work of breathing. This review describes the assessment of thoraco-abdominal asynchrony by respiratory inductance plethysmography. Visual inspection of the Konno-Mead plot yields information about the relative contribution of the RC and the ABD to respiration and about respiratory muscle dysfunction in selected patients. The monitoring of thoraco-abdominal asynchrony is a useful, non-invasive indicator of respiratory muscle load or respiratory muscle dysfunction and can be used to determine response to therapy in individual patients. The technique is limited by the fact that it does not detect respiratory muscle fatigue and that the occurrence of TAA does not always correspond to a clinically relevant respiratory problem, especially in the neonatal period.
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- J Hammer
- Division of Intensive Care and Pulmonology, University Children's Hospital Basel, Römergasse, Basel 8 4005, Switzerland.
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Plant N, Walker R. Immediate extubation to noninvasive ventilation can reduce postoperative morbidity and need for PICU in children with neuromuscular disorders. Paediatr Anaesth 2009; 19:549-50. [PMID: 19453594 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.02941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Bibliography. Current world literature. Neuro-muscular diseases: nerve. Curr Opin Neurol 2007; 20:600-4. [PMID: 17885452 DOI: 10.1097/wco.0b013e3282efeb3b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- John R Bach
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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