Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction: translational mechanisms lead to therapeutical alternatives in the critically ill

Abstract Mechanical ventilation [MV] is a life-saving technique delivered to critically ill patients incapable of adequately ventilating and/or oxygenating due to respiratory or other disease processes. This necessarily invasive support however could potentially result in important iatrogenic compli...

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Main Authors: Oscar Peñuelas, Elena Keough, Lucía López-Rodríguez, Demetrio Carriedo, Gesly Gonçalves, Esther Barreiro, José Ángel Lorente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40635-019-0259-9