Diaphragmatic paralysis after cardiac surgery in children: Incidence, prognosis and surgical management

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-346

  Akay, Tankut Hakki ^a   Ozkan, Süleyman ^a   Gultekin, Bahadir ^a   Uguz, Emrah ^a   Varan, Birgul ^a   Sezgin, Atilla ^a   Tokel, Kursad ^a   Aslamaci, Sait ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diaphragma paralysis; Diaphragma placation; Infant; Mortality; Phrenic nerve

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DIAPHRAGM PLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; PHRENIC NERVE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645402366     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1663-2     Document Type: Article

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