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MRI Assessment of Global and Regional Diaphragmatic Motion in Critically Ill Patients Following Prolonged Ventilator Weaning.

Khurram Saleem KhanJames MeaneyIgnacio Martín-LoechesDaniel V Collins
Published in: Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) (2019)
Although frequently global, diaphragm dysfunction in ventilated patients after prolonged ventilation can also be regional or focal when assessed by MRI dynamic sequence. The vertical displacement of both right and left hemi-diaphragms at various anatomical locations had different values in both controls, and patients. There were significant focal variations in the movement of diaphragm in patients with ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction.
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