Airway Clearance Needs in Spinal Cord Injury: An Overview

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  • Jane M Braverman
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In the United States, about 10,000 people annually suffer spinal cord injuries (SCI). Eight thousand of those persons survive the acute injury period. In 1997, approximately 200,000 Americans were living with SCI. That number is increasing as the management of such injuries and their complications improves. Nonetheless, the life expectancies of patients with SCI remains substantially below normal.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002