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B-Mode Ultrasound Assessment of Diaphragm Structure and Function in Patients With COPD
- Source :
- Chest; September 2014, Vol. 146 Issue: 3 p680-685, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Electromyographic evaluation of diaphragmatic neuromuscular disease in patients with COPD is technically difficult and potentially high risk. Defining standard values for diaphragm thickness and thickening ratio using B-mode ultrasound may provide a simpler, safer means of evaluating these patients.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00123692 and 19313543
- Volume :
- 146
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Chest
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs37944457
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.13-2306