Prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients undergoing tracheostomy invasive ventilation therapy in Japan.

Naoki HayashiNaoki AtsutaDaichi YokoiRyoichi NakamuraMasahiro NakatochiMasahisa KatsunoYuishin IzumiKazuaki KanaiNobutaka HattoriAkira TaniguchiMitsuya MoritaOsamu KanoKazumoto ShibuyaSatoshi KuwabaraNaoki SuzukiMasashi AokiIkuko AibaKouichi MizoguchiMasaya OdaRyuji KajiSatomi Mitsuhashi

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2020)

We showed that there was a significant difference of approximately 7 years in life expectancy between Japanese ALS patients who did and did not receive TIV therapy.

Keyphrases

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
patients undergoing
bone marrow
respiratory failure
smoking cessation