Abstract
This is a case series of rehabilitation failures that resulted in severe reactive depression from patients unnecessarily bereft of verbal communication by being left to breathe or be ventilated via tracheostomy tubes, with or without inflated cuffs, for months to years.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 719-723 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation
Keywords
- Decannulation
- Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation
- Mechanically Assisted Cough
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Noninvasive Ventilation
- Reactive Depression
- Rehabilitation
- Spinal Cord Injury