Longer-term effects of implanted vagal nerve stimulation

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-267

  Kamath, Markad V ^a   Thomson, Mary S ^a   Gaitonde, Sneha ^a   Upton, Adrian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Efficacy; Longer term effects; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

ADVERSE EVENTS; EFFICACY; LONGER-TERM EFFECTS; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDER; VAGAL NERVE STIMULATIONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; TIZANIDINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; AUTISM; BRADYCARDIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EATING DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; INDIGESTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NERVE PARALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STRIDOR; THORAX PAIN; THROAT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE RETENTION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79958749391     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v20.i3.60     Document Type: Review

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