High prevalence of respiratory muscle weakness in hospitalized acute heart failure elderly patients.

High prevalence of respiratory muscle weakness in hospitalized acute heart failure elderly patients.

INTRODUCTION:Respiratory Muscle Weakness (RMW) has been defined when the maximum inspiratory pressure (MIP) is lower than 70% of the predictive value. The prevalence of RMW in chronic heart failure patients is 30 to 50%. So far there are no studies on the prevalence of RMW in acute heart failure (AH...

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Main Authors: Pedro Verissimo, Thaisa Juliana André Casalaspo, Louise Helena Rodrigues Gonçalves, Angela Shu Yun Yang, Raquel Caserta Eid, Karina T Timenetsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4324642?pdf=render

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