Pulmonology

Neuromuscular

Questions discussed in this category

What postural change in FVC is suggestive of respiratory muscle weakness?

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How do you workup patients with neuropathy suspected to be secondary to sarcoid?

Is a biopsy or EMG helpful in confirming the etiology? What is the best treatment for sarcoid neuropathy?

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How do you approach determining appropriateness for extubation in a patient with acute respiratory failure in the setting of known chronic neuromuscular disease?

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Do you utilize phrenic nerve EMG in patients with diaphragmatic issues?

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Do you favor the use of maximal inspiratory/expiratory pressure measurement or supine spirometry in the evaluation of a patient with suspected respiratory muscle weakness?

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Do you use sitting vs supine spirometry to consider tracheostomy in a patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?

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What workup do you do for patients who have PL-7 elevation when screening for myopathy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Chest, 2010-05

Extubation of patients with neuromuscular weakness: a new management paradigm.

Chest, 1996 Dec

Criteria for extubation and tracheostomy tube removal for patients with ventilatory failure. A different approach to weaning.

Journal of critical care, 2011 Jan 26

Prevention of extubation failure in high-risk patients with neuromuscular disease.

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2017-06-01

A longitudinal cohort study of the anti-synthetase syndrome: increased severity of interstitial lung disease in black patients and patients with anti-PL7 and anti-PL12 autoantibodies.

Autoimmun Rev, 2012 Jul 05

Hierarchical cluster and survival analyses of antisynthetase syndrome: phenotype and outcome are correlated with anti-tRNA synthetase antibody specificity.

JAMA neurology, 2018-12-01

Definition and Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Neurosarcoidosis: From the Neurosarcoidosis Consortium Consensus Group.

Journal of neuroimmunology, 2022 Apr 09

Peripheral neuropathy in sarcoidosis.

Muscle & nerve, 2023 Nov 17

Electrodiagnostic and ultrasound evaluation of respiratory weakness.

Neurology, 2001-07-24

Postural change of forced vital capacity predicts some respiratory symptoms in ALS.

The European respiratory journal, 2019-06

ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise.

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