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Term: diaphragmatic pacemaker

Name: Diaphragmatic Pacemaker
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a phrenic nerve stimulator that provides pacing ventilatory support for patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency, or whose diaphragm, lungs, and phrenic nerves have decreased function.

Patients in need of a diaphragmatic pacemaker have high spinal cord injuries, central sleep apnea or other central neurological disorders.


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