The Swedish experience in phrenic nerve stimulation.
Phrenic nerve stimulators (diaphragm pacers) were implanted in 20 patients with partial or total respiratory insufficiency of central nervous origin and chronic singultus. A 2-84 months follow-up (M = 41), 10 patients are entirely independent of a conventional respirator, two patients are partially dependent on respirator, three patients are dead, and five patients including two with hiccups had limited or no help from diaphragm pacing.
D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000628:therapy*; D013548:Sweden