Fabrizio Racca, Yaroslava Longhitano, Christian Zanza, Mario Giosuè Balzanelli, Gaetano Draisci, Paolo Augusto Stoia, Evelina Gollo, Mariella Maio, Claudia Grattarola, Marinella Astuto, Antonello Ciccarelli, Giulia Racca, Tatsiana Romenskaya, Benedetta Giordano, Alessandra Serraino, Valeria Ada Maria Sansone, Cesare Gregoretti, Giorgio Conti, Fabio Piccolella, Rosanna Vaschetto
BACKGROUND: Pregnant women with neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) often display respiratory muscle impairment which increases the risk for pulmonary complications (PCs). The aim of this study was to identify pregnant NMDs patients with pulmonary risk factors and to apply in these women non-invasive ventilation (NIV) combined with mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) in the peri-partum period. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter observational study on women with NMDs undergoing cesarean section or spontaneous labor in a network of 7 national hospitals...
October 13, 2023: BMC Anesthesiology