Pulmonology

Neuromuscular

Questions discussed in this category

Do you utilize phrenic nerve EMG in patients with diaphragmatic issues?

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How do you workup patients with neuropathy suspected to be secondary to sarcoid?

Is a biopsy or EMG helpful in confirming the etiology? What is the best treatment for sarcoid neuropathy?

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Do you use sitting vs supine spirometry to consider tracheostomy in a patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?

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Do you favor the use of maximal inspiratory/expiratory pressure measurement or supine spirometry in the evaluation of a patient with suspected respiratory muscle weakness?

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What workup do you do for patients who have PL-7 elevation when screening for myopathy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2017-06-01

A longitudinal cohort study of the anti-synthetase syndrome: increased severity of interstitial lung disease in black patients and patients with anti-PL7 and anti-PL12 autoantibodies.

Autoimmun Rev, 2012 Jul 05

Hierarchical cluster and survival analyses of antisynthetase syndrome: phenotype and outcome are correlated with anti-tRNA synthetase antibody specificity.

JAMA neurology, 2018-12-01

Definition and Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Neurosarcoidosis: From the Neurosarcoidosis Consortium Consensus Group.

Journal of neuroimmunology, 2022 Apr 09

Peripheral neuropathy in sarcoidosis.

Muscle & nerve, 2023 Nov 17

Electrodiagnostic and ultrasound evaluation of respiratory weakness.

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