LONG-TERM NASAL VENTILATION IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS - REPORT OF A CONSENSUS CONFERENCE

Following the colloquium entitled ''Nasal Ventilation and Neuromuscula r Disease'', which took place in Lyon, France, October 24, 1991, a gro up of authorities on neuromuscular disorders met to establish a consen sus concerning the application of this technique, in the clinical sett ing, for patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, non-Duchenne myo pathies and the spinal muscular atrophies. This report summarizes reco mmendations issuing from this conference. The conclusions drawn from t his work should not be applied to patients with other diagnoses.