Serial ultrasound assessment of diaphragmatic function and clinical outcome in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Riccardo FantiniRoberto TonelliIvana CastaniereLuca TabbìMaria Rosaria PellegrinoStefania CerriFrancesco LivrieriFrancesco GiaroniMarco MonelliValentina RuggieriNicola FiniJessica MandrioliEnrico Maria CliniAlessandro Marchioni

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2019)

Serial diaphragmatic assessment by ultrasound is a useful and accurate method to predict the initiation of NIV earlier in patients with ALS.

Keyphrases

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
magnetic resonance imaging
high resolution
computed tomography
mass spectrometry