Dyspnea and the electromyographic activity of inspiratory muscles during weaning from mechanical ventilation.

Côme BureauMartin DresElise MorawiecJulien MayauxJulie DelemazureThomas SimilowskiAlexandre Demoule

Published in: Annals of intensive care (2022)

Dyspnea is a reliable criterion of SBT failure, suggesting that Dyspnea-VAS could be used as a monitoring tool of the SBT. In addition, dyspnea seems to be more closely related to the electromyographic activity of the Alae nasi than of the diaphragm.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
advanced cancer
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
palliative care