Weakness of respiratory and skeletal muscles after a short course of steroids in patients with acute lung rejection

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 497-499

  Nava, S ^a   Fracchia, C ^a   Callegari, G ^a   Ambrosino, N ^a   Barbarito, N ^a   Felicetti, G ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung rejection; Phrenic nerve stimulation; Respiratory muscle; Skeletal muscle; Weakness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; TIME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035989850     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.01732002     Document Type: Article

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