Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Leonardo Cordeiro de Souza

Publications

• Mini Review
  Timed Inspiratory Effort Index, a New Diagnostic Method to Assess Endurance and Inspiratory Muscle Strength in Patients under Mechanical Ventilation
  Author(s): Leonardo Cordeiro de SouzaLeonardo Cordeiro de Souza
  
  Introduction: Mechanical ventilation is a critical component of modern intensive care medicine, but the process of discontinuing mechanical ventilation could be difficult in some cases. Several studies demonstrated that the combination of diaphragmatic inactivity and mechanical ventilation periods over than 18 hours is associated with atrophy of human diaphragm myofibers. Thus, the disuse atrophy of human diaphragm myofibers could be a major contributor for weaning failures. Indeed, its proper assessment of the respiratory muscle impairment depends on the use of appropriate tests. The predicting weaning indexes are still the most commonly used tests in clinical practice at ICUs around the world, because they are more widely known and easy to use in different diseases. Objective: The aim of the present ar.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000382

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