ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTION IN SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTION IN SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

We have investigated respiratory function of 15 severely handicapped children who had retractive breathing, stridor, chest deformity, scoliosis, clubbing fingers and recurrent respiratory infections. The present study was focused on the changes of arterial oxygen saturation during sleep and awake, a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Rihabiritēshon igaku 1989/03/18, Vol.26(2), pp.97-104
Hauptverfasser: FUNAHASHI, Masuko, CHOH, Hiroyuki, SHIMOMURA, Chieko, MATSUI, Akira, YAMADA, Kazutaka, SUZUKI, Yasuyuki
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We have investigated respiratory function of 15 severely handicapped children who had retractive breathing, stridor, chest deformity, scoliosis, clubbing fingers and recurrent respiratory infections. The present study was focused on the changes of arterial oxygen saturation during sleep and awake, and various postures such as the lateral, sitting, supine and prone positions. Even in awake, 6 out of 15 patients showed severe desaturation (SaO2
ISSN:0034-351X
1880-778X
DOI:10.2490/jjrm1963.26.97