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Good Bronchial Hygiene Reaches the Left Lung: Successful Extubation in a Tetraplegic Patient With Spinal Cord Injury

Ineffective coughing affects bronchial hygiene and is a major contributor to respiratory complications after spinal cord injury (SCI). Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MIE) therapy increases inspiratory and expiratory flow to assist bronchial secretions clearance. We present a case of a 67-year...

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Autores principales: Pascoal, Adriana, Lourenço, Carolina, Pires, César, Paiva, António, Vaz, Ines M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9531700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36211093
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28732