Mitigation of ventilator-induced diaphragm atrophy by transvenous phrenic nerve stimulation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 339-348

  Reynolds, Steven C ^a,b   Meyyappan, Ramasamy ^c   Thakkar, Viral ^c   Tran, Bao D ^c   Nolette, Marc André ^c   Sadarangani, Gautam ^c   Sandoval, Rodrigo A ^c   Bruulsema, Laura ^c,d   Hannigan, Brett ^c,d   Li, Jason W ^d   Rohrs, Elizabeth ^a   Zurba, Jason ^a   Hoffer, Joaquín Andrés ^c,d  

^a ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Lungpacer Medical Inc   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Electrical stimulation; Mechanical ventilation; Ventilator weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELL; TRANSVENOUS PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR INDUCED DIAPHRAGM ATROPHY; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY; YORKSHIRE PIG; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DEVICES; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROTHERAPY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PHRENIC NERVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SWINE;

EID: 85014782665     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201502-0363OC     Document Type: Article

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