Acute ventilator management and weaning in individuals with high tetraplegia

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Wallbom, Agnes S ^a   Naran, Bindu ^a   Thomas, Evelyn ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Pulmonary; Rehabilitation; Respiratory; Tetraplegia; Ventilator weaning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TECHNIQUE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 26844491414     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/K4Y4-YDXQ-9VNY-F562     Document Type: Review

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