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Swine flu

• Last Edited: 13 Jul 2009
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Swine flu ‘hits airways harder’ Swine flu has killed at least 500 people H1N1 swine flu attacks the respiratory system in a more sustained way than the standard seasonal virus, resear...

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Considerations for surgery

• Last Edited: 18 Aug 2010
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There will be a variety of situations, both related to DMD (e.g. muscle biopsy, joint contracture surgery, spinal surgery, or gastrostomy) and unrelated (e.g. acute surgical events), where general...

Tags: Cardiac, Respiratory, surgery.

Airway Clearance in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2011
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ABSTRACTThis is a summary of the presentation on airway clearance in neuromuscular disorders presented as part of the program on airway clearance in Duchenne muscular dystrophyDUCHENE MUSCULAR DYS...

Tags: therapies, respiratory, cough.