Transient phrenic nerve palsy after cardiac operation in infants

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1469-1472

  Imai, Tomihiro ^a   Shizukawa, Hirohiko ^a   Imaizumi, Hitoshi ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Diaphragmatic action potential; Diaphragmatic plication; Infant; Phrenic nerve conduction; Phrenic nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART SURGERY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INFANT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; PHRENIC NERVE; PHRENIC NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAPHRAGM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE;

EID: 2342622714     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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