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Diaphragm weakness and mechanical ventilation - what's the critical issue?

While animal studies indicate that controlled mechanical ventilation (MV) induces diaphragm weakness and myofiber atrophy, there are no data in humans that confirm MV per se produces diaphragm weakness. Whether or not diaphragm weakness results from MV, sepsis, corticosteroids, hyperglycemia, or a c...

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Autores principales: Callahan, Leigh Ann, Supinski, Gerald S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20701738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9189