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The former is due to recurrent aspiration, the latter to progressive weakness of respiratory muscles and an increase in the load against which they must contract. In fact, both the resistive and elastic components of the work of breathing increase due to airway obstruction and chest wall and lung stiffening, respectively.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>The respiratory disturbances in muscular dystrophy are restrictive pulmonary function, hypoventilation, altered thoracoabdominal pattern, hypercapnia, dyspnoea, impaired regulation of breathing, inefficient cough and sleep disordered breathing. They can be present at different rates according to the type of muscular dystrophy and its progression, leading to different onset of each symptom, prognosis and degree of respiratory involvement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key points<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>\n                          A common feature of muscular dystrophy is respiratory failure,\n                          <jats:italic>i.e.<\/jats:italic>\n                          the inability of the respiratory system to provide proper oxygenation and carbon dioxide elimination.\n                        <\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>In the lung, respiratory failure is caused by recurrent aspiration, and leads to hypoxaemia and hypercarbia.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>Ventilatory failure in muscular dystrophy is caused by increased respiratory load and respiratory muscles weakness.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>Respiratory load increases in muscular dystrophy because scoliosis makes chest wall compliance decrease, atelectasis and fibrosis make lung compliance decrease, and airway obstruction makes airway resistance increase.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>The consequences of respiratory pump failure are restrictive pulmonary function, hypoventilation, altered thoracoabdominal pattern, hypercapnia, dyspnoea, impaired regulation of breathing, inefficient cough and sleep disordered breathing.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                    <\/jats:list>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Educational aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>To understand the mechanisms leading to respiratory disturbances in patients with muscular dystrophy.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>To understand the impact of respiratory disturbances in patients with muscular dystrophy.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>To provide a brief description of the main forms of muscular dystrophy with their respiratory implications.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                    <\/jats:list>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1183\/20734735.012716","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,30]],"date-time":"2016-11-30T20:27:40Z","timestamp":1480537660000},"page":"318-327","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1183\/ers-crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":100,"title":["Physiology of respiratory disturbances in muscular dystrophies"],"prefix":"10.1183","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Antonella","family":"Lo Mauro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea","family":"Aliverti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"81","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024101703262890000_12.4.318.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(02)07815-7"},{"key":"2024101703262890000_12.4.318.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.10487"},{"key":"2024101703262890000_12.4.318.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.prrv.2009.10.002"},{"key":"2024101703262890000_12.4.318.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1152\/japplphysiol.01067.2011"},{"key":"2024101703262890000_12.4.318.5","unstructured":"Criner GJ , Marchetti N . 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