Use of diaphragm pacing in the management of acute cervical spinal cord injury
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DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002023
Abstract: BACKGROUND Cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) is devastating. Respiratory failure, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), sepsis, and death frequently occur. Case reports of diaphragm pacing system (DPS) have suggested earlier liberation from mechanical ventilation in acute CSCI… read more here.
Keywords: cervical spinal; diaphragm pacing; dps implantation; implantation ... See more keywords
A practical technique in laparoscopic diaphragm pacing surgery: Retrospective analyse of 43 patients
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DOI: 10.4103/jmas.jmas_165_17
Abstract: Introduction: Diaphragm pacing stimulation (DPS) is a treatment method used in respiratory failure occurs in diseases such as high-level cervical spinal cord injury, central hypoventilation syndrome and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Materials and Methods: A total… read more here.
Keywords: technique; surgery; group; diaphragm pacing ... See more keywords