Prevention of respiratory complications of spinal cord injury: A challenge to "model" spinal cord injury units

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-4

  Bach, John R ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CANNULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EDITORIAL; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LUNG CLEARANCE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SPEECH; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SUCTION; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

HUMANS; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 33745161536     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2006.11753847     Document Type: Editorial

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