Abstract |
Nocturnal nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is increasingly used to treat chronic respiratory failure in a wide variety of conditions ( myopathies, Ondine's curse, kyphoscoliosis, etc.) and allows a normal everyday life. Some of these diseases affect women of childbearing age. We report on a young woman suffering from primary alveolar hypoventilation, who presented with limitation of daytime activities, severe oxygen desaturation during sleep, polycythaemia and pulmonary hypertension. These abnormalities completely reversed after a few months of NIPPV applied through a nasal mask. Whilst under ventilatory assistance during sleep, she had an uneventful pregnancy and delivery of a normal baby. We suggest that in selected patients requiring NIPPV, pregnancy can be contemplated with a reasonable level of safety both for the mother and the child, provided that adequate mechanical ventilatory assistance during sleep is maintained throughout pregnancy.
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Authors | T Pieters, J J Amy, D Burrini, G Aubert, D O Rodenstein, P Collard |
Journal | The European respiratory journal
(Eur Respir J)
Vol. 8
Issue 8
Pg. 1424-7
(Aug 1995)
ISSN: 0903-1936 [Print] England |
PMID | 7489810
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Female
- Humans
- Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
(therapy)
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
(therapy)
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