Specialized respiratory management for acute cervical spinal cord injury: A retrospective analysis

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 283-290

  Wong, Sandra ^a   Shem, Kazuko ^a   Crew, James ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atelectasis; mechanical ventilation; pneumonia; respiratory complications; respiratory therapy; spinal cord injury; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHITIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HIGH TIDAL VOLUME VENTILATION; HUMAN; INTRAPULMONARY PERCUSSIVE VENTILATION; MALE; MECHANICAL INSUFFLATION EXSUFFLATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 84866673429     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1804-283     Document Type: Article

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