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The Investigation of Respiratory Insufficiency in Nervous System Trauma and Sepsis

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Many disorders of the nervous system affect respiration. The reasons involve either lack of central drive or weakness of the muscles of respiration. The former are induced by a wide variety of encephalopathies and the latter by diseases of anterior horn cells, peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction, or muscles of the chest wall or diaphragm (Bolton 1993a).

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  2. Investigational Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555-0833, USA

    Daniel Traber Ph.D.

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Bolton, C.F. (1997). The Investigation of Respiratory Insufficiency in Nervous System Trauma and Sepsis. In: Schlag, G., Redl, H., Traber, D. (eds) Shock, Sepsis, and Organ Failure. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60698-4_6

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