Breathe Easy; Respiratory Care for Children with Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular Dustrophy 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