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Respiratory Dysfunction and Management in Spinal Cord Injury

Respiratory dysfunction is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in spinal cord injury (SCI), which causes impairment of respiratory muscles, reduced vital capacity, ineffective cough, reduction in lung and chest wall compliance, and excess oxygen cost of breathing due to distortion of the respir...

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Main Authors: Brown, Robert, DiMarco, Anthony F, Hoit, Jeannette D, Garshick, Eric
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2495152/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16867197
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