Diaphragm paralysis definitively diagnosed by ultrasonography and postural dependence of dynamic lung volumes after seven decades of dysfunction

Lung

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Patel, Avignat S ^a,b   O'Donnell, Carl ^a   Parker, Michael J ^a   Roberts, David H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Dyspnea; Spirometry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG VOLUME; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP TIME; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIDAL VOLUME;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; SLEEP; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847120201     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-006-0055-7     Document Type: Article

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