BREATHE EASY: Respiratory Care for Children
with Muscular Dystrophy
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AFFECTS BREATHING
When to Start Lung Evaluations
Pulmonary Function Testing
Healthy Lifestyle Key to Prevention of Respiratory Problems
Preventing More Serious Lung Complications
Clues to Respiratory Problems
Scoliosis Needs Watching
Booklet by MDA
Must read
http://www.mda.org/publications/breathe/be_b.html
American Thoracic Society Documents
Respiratory Care of the Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/170/4/456
http://www.duchenne.nl/media/doc/respiratory_consensus.pdf
Photos of some of the medical equipment used
Respiratory Mask
http://www.medicalsupplygroup.com/RESPIRATORY/nav.aspx
Two Different types there more out there.
American Thoracic of the Patient with DMD
ATS Consensus Statement
http://www.parentprojectmd.org/site/DocServer/filename?docID=123