Thickening fraction as a measure of ultrasonographic diaphragm dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Thickening fraction as a measure of ultrasonographic diaphragm dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Objective: Respiratory failure is the most common cause of death in ALS patients secondary to diaphragmatic dysfunction. Herein, we report three ALS patients, and we sought to determine the diaphragm dysfunction by the measurement of ultrasonographic diaphragmatic thickness fraction (DTf). Methods:...

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Main Authors: Lakshmi P. Digala, Raghav Govindarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
Subjects:
Motor-neuron disease
Neuromuscular disease
Thickening fraction of diaphragm
Diaphragm dysfunction
Diaphragm thickness
Ultrasonography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2467981X20300020

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