{"title":"Case 46: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis","authors":"P. Novak","doi":"10.1093/med/9780190889227.003.0051","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A 61-year-old man presents with a progressive exertional dyspnea, fatigue, orthostatic intolerance, and weakness. Autonomic testing was normal. However, there was evidence of respiratory failure associated with tachypnea and hypocapnia. Respiratory failure is characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).","PeriodicalId":358532,"journal":{"name":"Autonomic Testing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Autonomic Testing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190889227.003.0051","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A 61-year-old man presents with a progressive exertional dyspnea, fatigue, orthostatic intolerance, and weakness. Autonomic testing was normal. However, there was evidence of respiratory failure associated with tachypnea and hypocapnia. Respiratory failure is characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).