Diaphragmatic Dysfunction, Prolonged Weaning, and Rehabilitation in High Cervical Spine Injury – A Case Series

High cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) can impair phrenic nerve function (C3–C5), leading to diaphragmatic weakness and difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation. In this context, we describe three traumatic high cervical SCI patients (C2–C6) with flaccid quadriplegia who required prolonged post...

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Principais autores:	Abhishek Bharadwaj, Apoorva Garhwal, Padmani Sahu, Amartya Nag
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
coleção:	Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
Assuntos:	spinal cord injuries quadriplegia diaphragm ultrasonography tracheostomy weaning
Acesso em linha:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0046-1816542
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