Respiratory support for the severely handicapped child with neuromuscular disease: Ethics and practicality

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 342-354

  Simonds, Anita K ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Noninvasive ventilation; Palliative care; Spinal muscular atrophy; Tracheostomy ventilation

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; CHILD CARE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 34250856324     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981655     Document Type: Review

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