title: [A diaphragmatic pacemaker in the treatment of ventilatory failure].
abstract: Diaphragmatic Pacing was used to treat ventilatory failure in a young boy with bilateral diaphragmatic palsy secondary to cervical cord injury, on chronic mechanical ventilation for 6 months. The indications for diaphragmatic pacing in ventilatory failure were discussed, as well as the assessment of phrenic nerve integrity and the pacing schedules utilized to slowly improve the diaphragm endurance and achieve a full-time weaning from mechanical ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Hospital CUF, Lisboa.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Travassos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Pedro
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Antunes
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D003964:Diaphragm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Pace-maker diafragmatico no tratamento da insuficiencia ventilatoria.