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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Volume 18, 2017 - Issue 1-2
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Clinical characteristics and course of dying in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis withdrawing from long-term ventilation

Dagmar KettemannCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology, Outpatient Clinic for ALS and other Motor Neuron Disorders, Berlin and
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Andreas FunkeCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology, Outpatient Clinic for ALS and other Motor Neuron Disorders, Berlin and
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André MaierCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology, Outpatient Clinic for ALS and other Motor Neuron Disorders, Berlin and
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Simone RosseauCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Robert MeyerCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology, Outpatient Clinic for ALS and other Motor Neuron Disorders, Berlin and
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Susanne SpittelCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology, Outpatient Clinic for ALS and other Motor Neuron Disorders, Berlin and
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Christoph MünchCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology, Outpatient Clinic for ALS and other Motor Neuron Disorders, Berlin and
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Thomas MeyerCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurology, Outpatient Clinic for ALS and other Motor Neuron Disorders, Berlin and Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 53-59 | Received 24 Jan 2016, Accepted 11 Jul 2016, Published online: 18 Aug 2016

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Table I. Clinical characteristics and course of dying in ALS patients withdrawing from long-term ventilation.

Figure 1. Modes of ventilation and palliative approaches in patients with ALS withdrawing from long-term ventilation.

n: number of patients; Total: total number of patients in studied cohort; NIV: non-invasive ventilation; TIV: tracheotomy with invasive ventilation; ASC: augmented symptom control; CDS: continuous deep sedation.

Figure 1. Modes of ventilation and palliative approaches in patients with ALS withdrawing from long-term ventilation.n: number of patients; Total: total number of patients in studied cohort; NIV: non-invasive ventilation; TIV: tracheotomy with invasive ventilation; ASC: augmented symptom control; CDS: continuous deep sedation.
 

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