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Intra-abdominal Pressures during Voluntary and Reflex Cough
BACKGROUND: Involuntary coughing such as that evoked from the larynx, the laryngeal cough reflex (LCR), triggers a coordinated contraction of the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic muscles, which increases intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), displaces the diaphragm upwards and generates the expiratory force...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2427048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18447952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-4-2 |