Effectiveness of the utilization of non-invasive ventilation in the treatment of respiratory complications in tetraplegic patients
published by Damascus University
in 2012
in Medicine
and research's language is
العربية
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Background& Objective: Evaluation of the clinical and laboratory efficiency of the utilization of noninvasive
ventilation (NIV) in the treatment of respiratory complications in tetraplegic patients.
Patients: Eight patients with tetraplegia du spinal cord injuries between C3 and C7 and a level between A
and C on ASIA score, who were treated by non-invasive ventilation during the period between 01/10/2009
and 30/04/2010.
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