Use of the mechanical in-exsufflator in pediatric patients with neuromuscular disease and impaired cough

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1406-1412

  Miske, Laura J ^a,b   Hickey, Eileen M ^a   Kolb, Susan M ^a   Weiner, Daniel J ^a   Panitch, Howard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway clearance; Cofflator; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Mechanical in exsufflator; Neuromuscular disease; Pediatrics; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL EXSUFFLATION; MECHANICAL INSUFFLATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 4544261945     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.4.1406     Document Type: Article

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