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Electric stimulation of the diaphragm via the phrenic nerve to induce ventilation has recently been used for the long-term management of chronic ventilatory insufficiency. Since 1973 three patients with inadequate alveolar ventilation have been treated with diaphragm pacing at the Toronto Western Hospital. Two, who had quadriplegia due to lesions of the spinal cord in the upper cervical region and a severe restrictive ventilatory defect, were treated with continuous diaphragm pacing. The third patient required assisted nocturnal ventilation because of primary alveolar hypoventilation. All three patients tolerated the diaphragm pacing well, and pulmonary function tests showed satisfactory gas exchange with the patients breathing room air. This form of therapy seems to be a practical clinical method of managing chronic ventilatory failure in patients with lesions of the upper cervical cord or primary alveolar hypoventilation.
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