VENTILATORY DYSFUNCTION IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS

Authors
CARTER JL NOSEWORTHY JH
Citation
Jl. Carter et Jh. Noseworthy, VENTILATORY DYSFUNCTION IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS, Clinics in chest medicine, 15(4), 1994, pp. 693-703
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Clinics in chest medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
02725231
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
693 - 703
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-5231(1994)15:4<693:VDIM>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can produce a variety of different respiratory abnormalities because of the multi-focal nature of central nervous sy stem involvement in the disease. This article reviews the different pa tterns of respiratory involvement in MS and correlates them with the k nown neuroanatomy of respiratory control. Methods of monitoring pulmon ary function in MS are explored, and the treatment of acute ventilator y failure in MS is discussed.