PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A Bush
AU  - J Fraser
AU  - E Jardine
AU  - J Paton
AU  - A Simonds
AU  - C Wallis
TI  - Respiratory management of the infant with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2004.065961
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 709--711
VI  - 90
IP  - 7
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/7/709.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/7/709.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2005 Jul 01; 90
AB  - A recent paper has highlighted the differences in the respiratory management offered to infants with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA-1).1 Current views appear polarised between those who would offer nothing, to those who would proceed as far even as tracheostomy and long term invasive ventilation for these infants. Here we offer a personal view, as a possible template for managing a vexed and emotional problem. The complex non-respiratory aspects of the holistic care of these infants will not be discussed.