Non-invasive ventilation in phrenic nerve dysfunction after lung transplantation: An attractive option

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1483-1485

  Berk, Yvonne ^a   van der Bij, Wim ^a   Erasmus, Michiel E ^a   Wijkstra, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHRENIC NERVE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION;

EID: 33845395518     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.09.021     Document Type: Letter

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