Unilateral diaphragmatic pacing: An innovative solution for unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis

Critical Care and Shock

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 108-110

  Surani, Salim R ^a,e   Afzal, Atif ^b   Ayala, Eva Elizabeth ^c   Varon, Joseph ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BACKACHE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PACEMAKER; PATIENT SELECTION; PHRENIC NERVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547821944     PISSN: 14107767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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