Respiratory and Sleep Disorders in Chronic Neuromuscular Disease, an Update and Therapeutic Approach - Abstract
Respiratory and sleep disorders are common in patients with neuromuscular disease but under recognized especially during sleep or when patients are asymptomatic. In the last decades there has been great interest in understanding the mechanism of disease and developing a standard of care for these patients. This led to the development of new interventions but holistic and multidisciplinary approach is still lacking. Positive airway pressure and non-invasive ventilation are a common method of treating sleep and respiratory disorders but under-studied and utilized clinically. New techniques of therapy including pharmacological or non pharmacological therapies are needed especially in more advanced and complex conditions of neuromuscular disease.