Sentence examples for respiratory weakness from inspiring English sources

She had severe bulbar and respiratory weakness with minimal limb weakness for 2 years.

Aspiration becomes more common as the disease progresses and the placement of a feeding tube becomes essential for nutritional support.17, 51 Treatment of respiratory weakness can require tracheotomy and mechanical ventilation.

k But the self-criticism has never abated and, despite her awareness of the aching, feather-trimmed beauty of her soft contralto, she used to worry herself sick about its narrow range and dynamic limitations, and her tendency to run out of puff, which is down to asthma and a congenital respiratory weakness.

Late-onset Pompe disease (presenting after 12 months of age) often presents with limb-girdle and respiratory weakness, but oropharyngeal dysphagia has not been reported previously.

RECENT FINDINGS: Worldwide studies confirm three major phenotypes in MuSK antibody positive myasthenia gravis (MMG) patients: indistinguishable from acetylcholine receptor antibody positive patients, prominent faciopharyngeal weakness, usually with marked muscle atrophy, and relatively isolated neck extensor and respiratory weakness.

He had tetraplegia and respiratory weakness with incomprehensible speech.

Hospitalized patients with acute heart failure have a high prevalence of respiratory muscle weakness, and maintain weakness even after clinical stabilization.

Myasthenic patients with oropharyngeal or respiratory muscle weakness should receive preoperative plasma exchange or intravenous immunoglobulin therapy to a minimal level of weakness to prevent postoperative complications.

These studies demonstrated that respiratory muscle weakness is associated with infection or sepsis [ 51– 53], disease severity [ 53], and peripheral weakness [ 51].

Participants: Adults with respiratory muscle weakness following stroke.

Respiratory muscle weakness and decreased endurance have been demonstrated following mechanical ventilation.