Diaphragm weakness and mechanical ventilation - what's the critical issue?

Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Callahan, Leigh A ^a   Supinski, Gerald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; DIAPHRAGM WEAKNESS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYOFIBER ATROPHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAPHRAGM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 79952115217     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9189     Document Type: Note

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