Treatment of chronic ventilatory failure using a diaphragmatic pacemaker

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 310-314

  Garrido Garcia, H ^a   Mazaira Alvarez, J ^a   Martin Escribano P ^b   Romero Ganuza, J ^a   La Banda, F ^a   Gambarrutta, C ^a   Garcia L, M E ^a   Labarta, C ^a   Arroyo, O ^a   Sebastian De La Cruz F ^a   Gutierrez, R ^a   Garcia Moreno J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic ventilatory failure; Diaphragmatic pacemaker; Electrophrenic ventilation; Pacing; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURY; BREATHING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; PACEMAKER; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCAR; SLEEP; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 7144261732     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100558     Document Type: Article

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