TY - JOUR T1 - Increased exercise tolerance using daytime mouthpiece ventilation for patients with diaphragm paralysis JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 225 LP - 229 DO - 10.1183/20734735.005817 VL - 13 IS - 3 AU - Maud Koopman AU - Lowie E.G.W. Vanfleteren AU - Sander Steijns AU - Emiel F.M. Wouters AU - Roy Sprooten Y1 - 2017/09/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/13/3/225.abstract N2 - Diaphragmatic paralysis can be either unilateral or bilateral. It is a rare condition and can have several causes [1]. As the diaphragm is the most important muscle of inspiration, diaphragmatic paralysis commonly complicates ventilation.Mouthpiece ventilation can improve exercise tolerance in patients with unilateral or bilateral diaphragm paralysis http://ow.ly/X2Pd30dCT7nBoth patients gave informed consent for publication of data and images regarding this case report. M. Koopman, R. Sprooten and L.E.G.W. Vanfleteren conceived and drafted this article. Additional important intellectual content was provided by E.F.M. Wouters. All co-authors critically revised the article and gave final approval of this version to be published. ER -