Resumen

REY DE CASTRO MUJICA, Jorge; PORTOCARRERO URDAY, Alexandra  y  VALDEZ FERNANDEZ-BACA, Luis Manuel. The difficult decision of mechanical ventilation in patients with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Report of two cases. Rev Med Hered [online]. 2006, vol.17, n.4, pp.246-249. ISSN 1018-130X.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurological disease that attacks motor neurons responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. The cognitive functions of the patient remain intact. In the advanced stages the respiratory muscles fail and the patient needs some modality of ventilatory support. Two cases with ALS bulbar form diagnosis were benefited from this therapeutic intervention in our city.

Palabras clave : ALS; ventilatory failure; mechanical ventilation.

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