[Assisted respiration by stimulation of the diaphragmatic muscle. A case].
Direct electrical stimulation of the diagram has resulted in physiological functioning in a quadriplegic patient. Mechanical ventilation could be partly withdrawn with 13-hour periods of "respiration". During the 2-month stay in hospital, 90 hours of respiration were obtained by stimulation. The patient died 8 weeks after the operation.
Mugica
J
J
Dejean
D
D
Bourgeois
I
I
Smits
K
K
Bisson
A
A
D000368:Aged; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*
La respiration assistée par stimulation diaphragmatique musculaire. Un cas.