TY -的T1 - < em > < / em >作者从摩根富林明——欧元pean Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 180 LP - 181 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00027307 VL - 30 IS - 1 AU - Lofaso, F. AU - Orlikowski, D. AU - Raphael, J-C. Y1 - 2007/07/01 UR - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/30/1/180.abstract N2 - We would like to thank J.R. Bach and co-workers for their interest in our editorial. While we note their comments, our experience based on more than 500 neuromuscular patients, 60% of whom are receiving long-term noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) with manually and mechanically assisted coughing techniques 1 and 40% of whom are tracheostomised, differs from theirs. NIMV is not always tolerated and does not avoid some severe complications, including acute respiratory failure followed by death, as observed by Toussaint et al. 2 despite their undoubted competency in the field. Our intensive care unit experience allowed us to demystify tracheostomy and to reduce tracheostomy complications. … ER -