Diaphragm ultrasonography in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a diagnostic tool to assess ventilatory dysfunction and disease severity.

Ferdinando SartucciAlessio PelagattiMichela SantinTommaso BocciCristina DolciottiPaolo Bongioanni

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)

DUS represents a simple, painless, and risk-free tool; moreover, it provides useful functional and structural insights to the understanding of diaphragm function and the degree of respiratory failure in ALS.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
respiratory failure
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
magnetic resonance imaging
oxidative stress
contrast enhanced
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis