Respiratory muscle weakness is common among patients who have neuromuscular disease. It can be acute (e.g., guillain-barré syndrome), chronic and relapsing (e.g., multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis), or relentlessly progressive (e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [als]). It is estimated that 15-28% of patients with myasthenia gravis and 20-30% of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome will require invasive mechanical […]