Diaphragm pacing is the rhythmic application of electrical impulses to the diaphragm to provide artificial ventilatory support for people with respiratory failure or sleep apnea. Historically this has been achieved by electrically stimulating a phrenic nerve through an implanted receiver and electrode, though an alternative technique using percutaneous wires attached directly to the diaphragm is also available today.
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FAQs
Does diaphragm pacing depend on the phrenic nerve still working?
Pacing can partly or fully replace a ventilator in patients with intact phrenic nerve function.
Yes, for the nerve-stimulation approach. A review of diaphragm pacing after spinal cord injury reports that in patients with intact phrenic nerve function, patients can be partially or completely removed from mechanical ventilation, because the diaphragm is stimulated directly.
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Diaphragm pacing (and earlier as electrophrenic respiration) is the rhythmic application of electrical impulses to the diaphragm to provide artificial ventilatory support for respiratory failure or sleep apnea.
History (origin-year)
The idea of stimulating the diaphragm through the phrenic nerve was first firmly postulated by German physician Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, who in 1783 proposed that such a technique could be applied as a treatment for asphyxia.
In Group: Cardiopulmonary and Airway Rehabilitation, Introduction
Diaphragm pacing (and earlier as electrophrenic respiration) is the rhythmic application of electrical impulses to the diaphragm to provide artificial ventilatory support for respiratory failure or sleep apnea.
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