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Chronic respiratory failure: an unusual cause and treatment
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Respiratory Investigation Centre, Belfast City Hospital Trust, Belfast BT9 7AB, UK. anita.smyth@ntlworld.com
Thorax
|August 30, 2002
Abstract:
Hypoventilation secondary to brainstem stroke resulting in chronic respiratory failure is extremely uncommon. This case documents the treatment of chronic type II respiratory failure secondary to central hypoventilation with medroxyprogesterone, a new treatment option.