The utility of ultrasonography in evaluation and protection of diaphragm function
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2020.06.010
- VernacularTitle:超声检查在膈肌功能评估及保护中的应用
- Author:
Lei XU
1
;
Xiaochuan SUN
Author Information
1. 重庆医科大学附属第一医院神经外科 400014
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2020;27(6):443-446
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Diaphragm plays an important role in human autonomous breathing.Diaphragm dysfunction is an important cause of respiratory failure and prolonging weaning from mechanical ventilation, which increases the patient′s mortality, and prolongs the time of hospitalization.Therefore, evaluation of diaphragm function is crucial for critically ill patients.In recent years, ultrasonography can quantify the features of the diaphragm under various normal and pathological conditions, as a simple, rapid, non-invasive, non-radiative, and repeatable bedside examination method, which has been used to evaluate diaphragm function.This study was aimed to clarify the research progress and existing problems of application of ultrasound in the evaluation of diaphragm function, and introduce the potential ways and challenges of implementing protective mechanical ventilation of the diaphragm by ultrasound, as well as provide guidance and assistance for the clinical application of this technology.
