(1) Dept. of Neurology, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane (QLD), Australia;(2) Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology, W8B, 200 First Street SW, Rochester (MN) 55905, USA
Abstract:
Neuromuscular respiratory failure is not considered to be a clinical feature of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). We present 4 patients with CIDP who required respiratory assistance and mechanical ventilation. Two patients needed emergent intubation and one patient lapsed in a stupor from hypercapnia. Respiratory failure in CIDP should be considered exceptional, but more formal studies in CIDP may be needed to assess its prevalence.
