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4. 1 and 3

The patient has failed several extubation attempts and percutaneous tracheostomy should be performed. This was done and the patient was quickly weaned from mechanical ventilation.

Attempts to contact the patient’s family required permission from the prison warden where the patient was incarcerated and so was delayed. Eventually they were contacted and mentioned that the patient had a diagnosis of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD).

Which of the following are true regarding OMD? (Click on the correct answer to proceed to the sixth and final page)

1. OPMD has been associated with respiratory failure because of retained secretions and aspiration
2. OPMD is associated with acetylcholine receptor antibodies
3. OPMD has not been reported in Hispanics
4. 1 and 3
5. All of the above

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