Nikki J
Moderator
- Joined
- Mar 22, 2012
- Messages
- 16,459
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 04/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- MA
- City
- Boston
Comparative Performance of Different Respiratory Test Parameters for Detection of Early Respiratory Insufficiency in Patients With ALS - PubMed
Abnormalities in OvOx and MIP perform better than FVC at early detection of neuromuscular respiratory weakness in ALS. Initiation of NIV in patients with respiratory insufficiency may improve overall survival in ALS. In the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic, FVC and MIP have not been routinely...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
overnight pximetry and mip seemed to do better than fvc in this study