Non-invasive ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a 10 year population based study.

Abstract

In an epidemiological setting, NIV represents an increasingly utilised option for the treatment of respiratory disturbances in ALS and has favourable effects on survival, in particular among patients followed by tertiary ALS centres.

Sociocultural factors, such as age, gender and marital status, strongly influence the probability of undergoing NIV. Efforts should be made to remove these obstacles in order to spread the use of NIV in all ALS patients with respiratory failure.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Age of Onset
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Comorbidity
• Disease-Free Survival
• Female
• Humans
• Italy
• Kaplan-Meier Estimate
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neurology
• Physician's Practice Patterns
• Population Surveillance
• Questionnaires
• Respiration, Artificial
• Respiratory Insufficiency
• Sex Distribution
• Sex Factors
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Survival Rate
• Tertiary Prevention

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Authors

• Adriano Chiò
• Andrea Calvo
• Cristina Moglia
• Federica Gamna
• Alessio Mattei
• Letizia Mazzini
• Gabriele Mora

Publication date

2012-03-08

Journal

Journal topics

• Neurology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

ALS Centre, Department of Neuroscience, University of Torino, Via Cherasco 15, Torino 10126, Italy. achio [at] usa.net

Release reference

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2012 Apr;83(4):377-81

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