NASAL VENTILATION IN PREGNANCY - TREATMENT OF NOCTURNAL HYPOVENTILATION IN A PATIENT WITH KYPHOSCOLIOSIS

Authors
RESTRICK LJ CLAPP BR MIKELSONS C WEDZICHA JA
Citation
Lj. Restrick et al., NASAL VENTILATION IN PREGNANCY - TREATMENT OF NOCTURNAL HYPOVENTILATION IN A PATIENT WITH KYPHOSCOLIOSIS, The European respiratory journal, 10(11), 1997, pp. 2657-2658
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
The European respiratory journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
09031936
Volume
10
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2657 - 2658
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-1936(1997)10:11<2657:NVIP-T>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The management of a young woman with congenital kyphoscoliosis, who de veloped symptomatic nocturnal hypoventilation during the third trimest er of pregnancy, is described, Nasal intermittent positive pressure ve ntilation (NIPPV) was safely and effectively used to correct nocturnal hypoxaemia and hypercapnia from the 30th-36th week of gestation, when a healthy boy was delivered by Caesarean section, Following delivery, the mother no longer required NIPPV and returned to her prepregnancy level of activity.