In this prospective study, respiratory monitoring of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) benefited from the use of diaphragm ultrasound imaging. Diaphragm ultrasound imaging (DUI) proved to be ...
In critically ill patients, diaphragm dysfunction is a frequent and clinically significant consequence of prolonged mechanical ventilation, sepsis and systemic inflammation. Accurate evaluation of ...
2 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, Pavia, Italia 3 Intensive Care Unit and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier ...
Technique for neuromuscular ultrasound examination of hemi-diaphragm. Image Credit: medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.10.20244509v1.full.pdf This news article was a ...
The diaphragm is the primary muscle used in respiration, which is the process of breathing. This dome-shaped muscle is located just below the lungs and heart. It contracts continually as you breathe ...