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Chronic diaphragmatic pacing in a quadriplegic boy
S Gorton1, C Burke, D B Appleton
1Department of Neurology, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
Diaphragmatic pacing is a method of long-term artificial ventilation that is preferable to other forms of ventilation in suitable patients. Its use is described in a 14 year old quadriplegic boy who was previously hospital dependent and required continuous positive pressure ventilation.