Quality of life in persons with long-term mechanical ventilation or tetraplegic SCI without LTMV

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 94-101

  Warschausky, Seth ^a   Dixon, Pamela ^a   Forchheimer, Martin ^a   Nelson, Virginia S ^a   Park, Curie ^a   Gater, David ^a   Tote, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical; Quality of life; Spinal cord injuries; Ventilators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 26844488998     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/U2KL-AXCP-9QGP-9J5R     Document Type: Article

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