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Diaphragm electrical activity monitoring as a breakpoint in the management of a tetraplegic child

Authors: Guillaume Mortamet, François Proulx, Benjamin Crulli, Nadia Savy, Philippe Jouvet, Guillaume Emeriaud

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2017

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Over the last decade, new technology has been developed to continuously record the electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi) at the bedside [1]. EAdi monitoring has been shown to be useful in assessing the patient’s ventilatory drive, in adjusting ventilatory support, and in detecting patient–ventilator asynchrony [2‐4]. In the present case, we highlight how monitoring EAdi could be a sensitive diagnostic tool to detect spontaneous respiratory cycles in a mechanically ventilated child with tetraplegia. …

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Title: Diaphragm electrical activity monitoring as a breakpoint in the management of a tetraplegic child
Authors: Guillaume Mortamet
François Proulx
Benjamin Crulli
Nadia Savy
Philippe Jouvet
Guillaume Emeriaud
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1702-5

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