Delayed diaphragm recovery in 12 patients after high cervical spinal cord injury. A retrospective review of the diaphragm status of 107 patients ventilated after acute spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Oo, T ^a   Watt, Jwh ^a   Soni, B M ^a   Sett, P K ^a  

^a SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diaphragm function; Diaphragm pacing; Mechanical ventilation; Phrenic nerve; Respiratory weaning; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHILD; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LUNG CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0033063477     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100775     Document Type: Article

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