Long-Term Ventilation for High-Level Tetraplegia: A Report of 2 Cases of Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 779-783

  Toki, Akiko ^a   Tamura, Risa ^b   Sumida, Mikio ^a  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Maizuru Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case report; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTILATOR; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VENTILATOR WEANING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 40949121517     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.043     Document Type: Article

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