page_title: Diaphragm pacing
hierarchical_section_title: Diaphragm pacing
caption_attribution_description: The phrenic nerve and its relations with the vagus nerve.
context_page_description: Diaphragm pacing, is the rhythmic application of electrical impulses to the diaphragm to provide artificial ventilatory support for respiratory failure or sleep apnea. Historically, this has been accomplished through the electrical stimulation of a phrenic nerve by an implanted receiver/electrode, though today an alternative option of attaching percutaneous wires to the diaphragm exists.
context_section_description: Diaphragm pacing, (and even earlier as electrophrenic respiration), is the rhythmic application of electrical impulses to the diaphragm to provide artificial ventilatory support for respiratory failure or sleep apnea. Historically, this has been accomplished through the electrical stimulation of a phrenic nerve by an implanted receiver/electrode, though today an alternative option of attaching percutaneous wires to the diaphragm exists.
caption: Electrical stimulation of the phrenic nerve has been known to stimulate respiration for centuries.
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