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Latent dystrophic myopathy revealed by unsuccessful weaning from mechanical ventilation
A Borgeat1, G Pizzolato, J N Cox
1Surgical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a patient who had difficulty in weaning from mechanical ventilation which was due to an unsuspected latent dystrophic myopathy. The association of latent dystrophic myopathy and unsuccessful weaning has not been previously reported.