Preoperative expiratory and inspiratory muscle weakness to predict postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.

Eliane Roseli WinkelmannÉdina SteffensPollyana WindmöllerPaula C FontelaDante T da CruzIara D E Battisti

Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2019)

In patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery, preoperative IMW is associated with the duration of mechanical ventilation while preoperative EMW is associated with a decrease in PPCs.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
mechanical ventilation
cardiac surgery
acute kidney injury
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
skeletal muscle
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
adipose tissue
weight loss
insulin resistance