Predicted preoperative maximal static respiratory pressures in adult cardiac surgeries: evaluation of two formulas Pressões respiratórias máximas no pré-operatório de cirurgias cardíacas em adultos: avaliação de duas fórmulas

OBJECTIVES: Cardiac surgery (CC) determines systemic and pulmonary changes that require special care. Awareness of the importance of respiratory muscle dysfunction in the development of respiratory failure motivated several studies conducted in healthy subjects to assess muscle strength. These studi...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Kenji Nawa, Ada Clarice Gastaldi, Elisângela Aparecida Soares da Silva, Viviane dos Santos Augusto, Alfredo José Rodrigues, Paulo Roberto Barbosa Evora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2012-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382012000200012