Found inside – Page 1465... Cervical injuries resulting in tetraplegia occur in 54% of SCI patients. ... Life Expectance Life expectancies for persons with SCI that were so low ...
Found inside – Page 225Stiller K, Huff N: Respiratory muscle training for tetraplegic patients: a ... De Vivo MJ, Ivie CS: Life expectancy of ventilator-dependent persons with ...
Found inside – Page 345This is used to calculate the life expectancy at different ages of injury. According to Yeo et al (1998) the life expectancy was 92% compared to the general ...
Found inside – Page 587... nerve pacing may improve life expectancy in patients with tetraplegia. ... In contrast, all 12 tetraplegic patients who completed the Yale phrenic nerve ...
Found inside – Page 1238She has recovered to the extent that despite her difficulties with communication and minor problems with swallowing , she may be considered now functionally as being simply a very high tetraplegic . Life expectancy is shortened through the ...
Found inside... spinal cord injury; para, paraplehia; tetra, tetraplegia. aLife expectancy in years based on age and injury severity. There are profound sociologic and ...
Found inside – Page 10... to moderate/severe head injury SCI: head injury 1:30 Remaining life expectancy (injured at 20 years of age) High tetraplegic 33 years Low tetraplegic 39 ...
Found inside – Page 25However, an improvement was noted in life expectancy of the individual with ... the leading cause of death for complete tetraplegia was respiratory disease.