Prevalence of Nocturnal Hypoventilation in Neuromuscular Diseases According to Different Definitions
Prevalence of Nocturnal Hypoventilation in Neuromuscular Diseases According to Different Definitions
Different definitions of nocturnal hypoventilation are used in the recent literature. The
 investigators aimed to compare the prevalence of nocturnal hypoventilation in a neuromuscular
 disease's population according to different definitions issued from the literature.
Different definitions of nocturnal hypoventilation are used in the recent literature. Basing
 on retrospective data review, we aimed to compare the prevalence of nocturnal hypoventilation
 in the cohort of neuromuscular disease's patients followed at our reference center, according
 to different definitions issued from the literature.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Neuromuscular disease

 -  Age ≥18 years

 -  Non mechanically ventilated

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Long-term oxygen therapy