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Saudi J Anaesth
October 2024
S.C. Anestesia, Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva, ASST Nord Milano, Ospedale Bassini, 20097, Milan, Italy.
Cervical septic arthritis can lead to complications such as epidural abscess, which may result in respiratory failure. We present a case of a 78-year-old male with cervical septic arthritis complicated by epidural abscess, leading to severe diaphragm dysfunction. Ultrasound evaluation revealed dysfunction of the left hemidiaphragm and compensatory activation of accessory respiratory muscles.
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September 2024
Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal genetic neuromuscular disease. Lack of dystrophin in skeletal muscles leads to intrinsic weakness, injury, subsequent degeneration and fibrosis, decreasing contractile function. Dystropathology eventually presents in all inspiratory and expiratory muscles of breathing, severely curtailing their critical function.
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January 2024
Physical Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
Background: Assessing the neuromechanical coupling of inspiratory muscles during mechanical ventilation (MV) could reveal the physiological mechanism of MV failure. This study examined the respiratory neuromechanical characteristics between MV liberation success and failure.
Methods: This is an observational prospective study that included patients during their ventilator liberation process.
ERJ Open Res
September 2023
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Research Group for Rehabilitation in Internal Disorders, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Background: Unilateral diaphragm dysfunction (UDD) is an underdiagnosed cause of dyspnoea. Inspiratory muscle training (IMT) is the only conservative treatment for UDD, but the mechanisms of improvement are unknown. We characterised the effects of IMT on dyspnoea, exercise tolerance and respiratory muscle function in people with UDD.
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October 2023
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Despite profound diaphragm weakness, peak inspiratory pressure-generating capacity is preserved in young mdx mice revealing adequate compensation by extra-diaphragmatic muscles of breathing in early dystrophic disease. We hypothesised that loss of compensation gives rise to respiratory system compromise in advanced dystrophic disease. Studies were performed in male wild-type (n = 196) and dystrophin-deficient mdx mice (n = 188) at 1, 4, 8, 12 and 16 months of age.
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