Diaphragm weakness as a cause of breathlessness after anatomically distant surgery

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 786-787

  Moore, A J ^a   Moxham, J ^b   Polkey, M I ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOMA; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMINEPHRECTOMY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSDIAPHRAGMATIC PRESSURE; WHEEZING;

DIAPHRAGM; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 24744439447     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.022764     Document Type: Article

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