Diaphragm ultrasound as a new functional and morphological index of outcome, prognosis and discontinuation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients and evaluating the possible protective indices against VIDD
Background: There is increasing awareness that diaphragm weakness is common in patients undergoing MV and is likely a contributing cause of weaning failure. Recent studies have suggested that the ventilator is a likely cause of the decreased diaphragm force generating capacity (dFGC) seen in mechani...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S042276381630228X |