Successful treatment of dermatomyositis complicated by ventilatory failure.
Open Access
- 1 August 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
- Vol. 42 (4) , 460-461
- https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.42.4.460
Abstract
A case is reported in which ventilatory failure complicating dermatomyositis was successfully managed with artificial ventilation for 18 days while remission was achieved with methotrexate and prednisolone. Such ventilatory failure is reversible and requires an active treatment.Keywords
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