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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
2012-06-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382012000200012 |