Evidence has accumulated that respiratory muscle dysfunction develops in critically ill
patients and contributes to prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation. Accordingly, it …

Respiratory muscle dysfunction may develop rapidly in critically ill ventilated patients and is
associated with increased morbidity, length of intensive care unit stay, costs, and mortality …

Introduction This narrative review summarizes current knowledge on the physiology and
pathophysiology of expiratory muscle function in ICU patients, as shared by academic …

Respiratory muscle dysfunction develops rapidly in selected critically ill patients and is
associated with adverse outcome. Recent technological advances allow real-time …

926 Critical Care Reviews from mechanical ventilation because they require the patients to
totally relax their respiratory muscles. However, some investigators consider that the …

Respiratory muscles generate the pressure differences driving ventilation. Respiratory
muscle weakness is hence an important clinical feature. In advanced stages, respiratory …

Objective: Although critical illness neuromyopathy might interfere with weaning from
mechanical ventilation, its respiratory component has not been investigated. We designed a …

Abstract What We Already Know about This Topic Inspiratory muscle weakness delays
weaning from mechanical ventilation, but the contributions of expiratory muscles activity are …

It is problematic to withhold therapy in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) who presents with acute respiratory failure so that detailed physiological …

Rationale: Intensive care unit (ICU)-and mechanical ventilation (MV)-acquired limb muscle
and diaphragm dysfunction may both be associated with longer length of stay and worse …