PRIMARY ALVEOLAR HYPOVENTILATION TREATED WITH NOCTURNAL ELECTROPHRENIC RESPIRATION
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 117 (1) , 165-172
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1978.117.1.165
Abstract
A case of primary alveolar hypoventilation is described. Despite characteristic clinical findings, the diagnosis was delayed for 4 yr. Alleviation of nocturnal hypoxemia and hypercapnia initially by a rocking bed and subsequently by phrenic nerve stimulation was accompained by reversal of cor pulmonale and polycythemia. Electrophrenic respiration is an effective form of long-term management in primary alveolar hypoventilation.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Periodic Apnea, Exercise Hypoventilation, and Hypothalamic DysfunctionAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1976