In this prospective study, respiratory monitoring of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) benefited from the use of diaphragm ultrasound imaging. Diaphragm ultrasound imaging (DUI) proved to be ...

Diaphragm dysfunction is a critical concern in respiratory care that can significantly hinder the success of mechanical ventilation. Prolonged ventilation may lead to ventilator-induced diaphragm ...

A weakened diaphragm could be related to the persistent shortness of breath some people experience long after COVID-19 hospitalization, a small study suggested. Whether patients had received ...

Previous studies have shown that diabetes adversely affects breathing and respiratory function. However, in the past, researchers have not differentiated diaphragm muscle cells and the muscle cells of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A little over 1 year after COVID-19 hospitalization, exertional dyspnea was reported in many patients. Patients ...

Chronic respiratory disorders are one of the primary causes of death in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but they remain incompletely understood in this population. 1 Identifying diaphragm ...

Using accessory muscles implies that the forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) is decreased to 30% of normal, which is usually between 1.0 and 1.5 liters per second. In such cases, a sitting ...

Someone with COVID-19 might expect to experience fatigue, cold and flu symptoms, and loss of taste and smell — but a paralyzed diaphragm would likely not be on the radar. It was certainly a surprise ...

Respiration is the process by which energy is released from food in our body. The function of respiratory system is to breathe in oxygen for respiration producing energy from food, and to breathe out ...

Caseids are "mammal-like" reptiles that lived about 300-250 million years ago. They had a barrel-shaped trunk, but scientists have struggled to realize how these reptiles breathed. New calculations ...