Respiratory Neuromuscular Dysfunction
| Autor: | Nausherwan K Burki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Mechanical ventilation
Spirometry medicine.medical_specialty COPD medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Diaphragmatic breathing medicine.disease Myasthenia gravis Diaphragm (structural system) Surgery Internal medicine medicine Cardiology Respiratory muscle Respiratory system business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Neurorehabilitation. |
| ISSN: | 2376-0281 |
| Popis: | Respiratory muscle dysfunction results in significant symptoms and morbidity. The diaphragm is the primary muscle of inspiration and understanding the function and innervation of the respiratory muscles is essential to identify respiratory muscle dysfunction. Dysfunction of the diaphragm may be due to interruption of nerve supply, muscular weakness due to myasthenia gravis or other muscular dystrophies, or secondary to sepsis, prolonged mechanical ventilation, or due to mechanical reconfiguration as with COPD. The primary symptom of respiratory muscle weakness is dyspnea. Currently available tests of diaphragmatic function include spirometry, maximum mouth pressure measurement, fluoroscopy, non-volitional transdermal phrenic nerve stimulation and more invasive tests measuring respiratory muscle EMGs or neural impulses. |
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