Phrenic nerve conduction studies in spinal cord injury: Applications for diaphragmatic pacing

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1546-1552

  Alshekhlee, Amer ^a   Onders, Raymond P ^a   Syed, Tanvir U ^a   Elmo, Maryjo ^a   Katirji, Bashar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm pacing; Nerve conduction; Phrenic nerve; Quadriplegia; Respiratory failure; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING DISORDER; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOUND MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIAPHRAGM PACING SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749185669     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21123     Document Type: Article

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