Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and validity.

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Published in Intensive Care Med on February 19, 2015

Authors

Ewan C Goligher1, Franco Laghi, Michael E Detsky, Paulina Farias, Alistair Murray, Deborah Brace, Laurent J Brochard, Steffen-Sebastien Bolz, Steffen Sebastien-Bolz, Gordon D Rubenfeld, Brian P Kavanagh, Niall D Ferguson

Author Affiliations

1: Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, ewan.goligher@mail.utoronto.ca.

Associated clinical trials:

Monitoring Intercostal Muscles After Extubation (MIME) | NCT02853201

Acceptable Range of Inspiratory Effort During Mechanical Ventilation (EFFORT) | NCT02838524

Strategies to Reduce Organic Muscle Atrophy in the Intensive Care Unit (STROMA-ICU) | NCT02773771

Muscle Evaluation of Patients Infected by the Coronavirus | NCT05063214

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