AAN 2021 | Noninvasive ventilatory care in patients with breathing muscle weakness

John Bach, MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, discusses the use of noninvasive ventilatory techniques to assist patients’ ventilation instead of intubation. Dr Bach explains the health and economic aspects that support the use of noninvasive ventilatory support, presenting an example of a US hospital case. The idea is to avoid hospitalization and invasive tubes and decrease morbidity and mortality from respiratory complications of muscle weakness. This interview took place during the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2021 Annual Meeting.