Spinalskador. En intakt nerv kan räcka för lyckad frenikusstimulering
Engelsk titel: Spinal cord injuries. An intact nerve can be enough for a successful phrenic nerve stimulation
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Författare:
Karlsson AK
;
Dernevik L
;
Houltz B
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 1
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UI-nummer: 09031288
Sammanfattning
Complete spinal cord injury above C4 implies loss of voluntary breathing capacity. If the patient is rescued immediately he/she may survive the injury. The phrenic nerves may be able to stimulate by an implanted pacemaker. We report three cases of phrenic nerve stimulation. In one case only one nerve was able to stimulate, but the patient could still be out of his ventilator during daytime, relying only on his stimulator.