Detecting unilateral phrenic paralysis by acoustic respiratory analysis.

The consequences of phrenic nerve paralysis vary from a considerable reduction in respiratory function to an apparently normal state. Acoustic analysis of lung sound intensity (LSI) could be an indirect non-invasive measurement of respiratory muscle function, comparing activity on the two sides of t...

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Main Authors: José Antonio Fiz, Raimon Jané, Manuel Lozano, Rosa Gómez, Juan Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981712?pdf=render