Use of ultrasound-guided preoperative diaphragmatic thickness as a predictor of postoperative weaning failure in recipients and donors scheduled for living donor liver transplant surgery

Background and Objectives: The present study was designed to explore the utility of ultrasound-guided diaphragmatic thickness in the preoperative period in healthy controls scheduled for live-related donor hepatectomy and patients suffering from chronic liver disease scheduled for liver transplantat...

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Main Authors: Ankur Sharma, Sunaina Tejpal Karna, Manish Tandon, Chandra Kant Pandey, Ravindra Chaturvedi, Varuna Vyas, Akhil Dhanesh Goel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2018;volume=12;issue=3;spage=406;epage=411;aulast=Sharma