Mechanical insufflation/exufflation: Has it come of age? A commentary

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-386

  Bach, J R ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AERATION; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EDITORIAL; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOTOMY; ADULT; BREATHING MECHANICS; FEMALE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037342346     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00098702     Document Type: Editorial

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