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Effect of laparotomy on respiratory muscle activation pattern

Muscular tone of the abdominal wall is important in maintaining transdiaphragmatic pressures and its loss can lead to decreased lung volumes. Patients who are status postlaparotomy are at risk of developing atelectasis. The compensatory role of respiratory muscle activity in postlaparotomy is not we...

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Autores principales: Mondal, Pritish, Abu‐Hasan, Mutasim, Saha, Abhishek, Pitts, Teresa, Rose, Melanie, Bolser, Donald C., Davenport, Paul W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4760397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26733250
http://dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy2.12668