This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (53)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Management in a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit

Walter J. O'Donohue, Jr, MD; James P. Baker, MD; George M. Bell, MD; Orhan Muren, MD; Clifton L. Parker, MD; John L. Patterson, Jr, MD

JAMA. 1976;235(7):733-735.

Abstract
Patients with neuromuscular disease frequently experience acute respiratory failure. Most require endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation because of paralysis and inability to maintain adequate spontaneous respiration. The prognosis is usually excellent if ventilatory management is successful.

(JAMA 235:733-735, 1976)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine and the Respiratory Care Service, Medical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division of the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Box 93, Medical College of Virginia, 1200 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23298 (Dr O'Donohue).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Relationship between supramaximal flow during cough and mortality in motor neurone disease
Chaudri et al.
Eur Respir J 2002;19:434-438.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Extrapulmonary Causes of Respiratory Failure
Pratter and Irwin
J Intensive Care Med 1986;1:197-217.
ABSTRACT  

Early and Late Pulmonary Complications of Botulism
Schmidt-Nowara et al.
Arch Intern Med 1983;143:451-456.
ABSTRACT  

Evaluation of Pulmonary Function in Neuromuscular Disease
Griggs et al.
Arch Neurol 1981;38:9-12.
ABSTRACT  

Respiratory Failure in Cancer Patients
Snow et al.
JAMA 1979;241:2039-2042.
ABSTRACT