Bilevel positive airway pressure therapy in a patient with myotonic dystrophy and postoperative respiratory failure: A case report

Yukihide Koyama¹, Masashi Kohno², Koichi Tsuzaki³, Koki Kamiyama⁴, Yasuhiro Morimoto^5
1 Department of Anesthesia, Tomei Atsugi Hospital, Atsugi; Department of Anesthesia, Nippon Koukan Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
² Department of Anesthesia, Tomei Atsugi Hospital, Atsugi, Japan
³ Department of Anesthesia, Nippon Koukan Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
⁴ Department of General Surgery, Tomei Atsugi Hospital, Atsugi, Japan
⁵ Department of Anesthesia, Ube-kohsan Central Hospital, Ube, Japan

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Yukihide Koyama
Department of Anesthesia, Nippon Koukan Hospital, 1-2-1, Koukan-dori, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, 210-0852
Japan

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/sja.SJA_648_19