Incidence and management of diaphragmatic palsy in patients after cardiac surgery

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 91-95

  Mehta, Yatin ^a   Vats, Mayank ^a   Singh, Ajmer ^a   Trehan, Naresh ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Adult cardiac surgery; Chest physiotherapy; Diaphragmatic palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY;

EID: 55549117822     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.43676     Document Type: Article

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