Long-term ventilation in children with severe central nervous system impairment

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-248

  Perkin, Ronald M ^a   Orr, Robert ^b   Ashwal, Stephen ^b   Walters, James ^b   Tomasi, Lawrence ^b   Winslow, Gerald ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child, central nervous system injury; Child, ethics; Child, vegetative state; Chronic ventilation; Inappropriate care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030846828     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1040935     Document Type: Review

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