Diaphragmatic weakness contributes to prolonged mechanical ventilation in critical ill patients

Xiaoping Zhu (Shanghai, China), Xiaoping Zhu, Feifei Wang, Changjing Zhang, Lei Shao, Shaolin Ma

Source: International Congress 2016 – Epidemiological and clinical data regarding the modern management of chronic lung diseases
Disease area: Respiratory critical care

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Xiaoping Zhu (Shanghai, China), Xiaoping Zhu, Feifei Wang, Changjing Zhang, Lei Shao, Shaolin Ma. Diaphragmatic weakness contributes to prolonged mechanical ventilation in critical ill patients. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 3555

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