A 23-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea During Myasthenia Crisis

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A 23-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea During Myasthenia Crisis Monica Weinberg, MD, James A. Cavalcante, BS, Terence Choy, MD, Sahar Ahmad, MD CHEST Volume 155, Issue 6, Pages e155-e157 (June 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.054 Copyright © 2019 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The patient’s vital capacity and negative inspiratory force are plotted across the first six hospital days. NIF = negative inspiratory force; VC = vital capacity. CHEST 2019 155, e155-e157DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.054) Copyright © 2019 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions