Diaphragmatic ultrasonography as an adjunct predictor tool of weaning success in patients with difficult and prolonged weaning.

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that DEx threshold of 10mm and 7mm for right and left hemidiaphragms respectively could be used as adjunct tool in the predictive algorithm of weaning in difficult to wean patients.
PMID: 27407022 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Minerva Anestesiologica - July 15, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Minerva Anestesiol Source Type: research