Is it necessary to perform polysomnographic studies in patients with neuromuscular diseases and respiratory weakness?

Authors

    Antonio Huerta Armijo 1 , Francisco Prado Atlagic 2 , Carlos Valdebenito Parra 3 , Gloria Gimenez 4 , John Robert Bach 5

    1 Unidad de Hospitalización Domiciliaria de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes con Necesidades Especiales de Atención en Salud (HD NANEAS), Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán, Santiago, Chile
    2 Unidad de Hospitalización Domiciliaria de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes con Necesidades Especiales de Atención en Salud (HD NANEAS), Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán, Santiago, Chile
    3 Unidad de Hospitalización Domiciliaria de Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes con Necesidades Especiales de Atención en Salud (HD NANEAS), Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán, Santiago, Chile
    4 Departamento de Rehabilitación Cardiorrespiratoria. Carrera de Kinesiología y Fisioterapia. Hospital de Clínicas de San Lorenzo, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción
    5 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School

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2026-03-01

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Huerta Armijo A, Prado Atlagic F, Valdebenito Parra C, Gimenez G, Bach JR. Is it necessary to perform polysomnographic studies in patients with neuromuscular diseases and respiratory weakness?. AJRPT. 2026;8(1):1-3. doi: 10.58172/ajrpt.v8i1.415