Joseph B Shrager, Yoyo Wang, Myung Lee, Shannon Nesbit, Winston Trope, Harrison Konsker, Emmanuel Fatodu, Mark S Berry, George Poulstides, Jeffrey Norton, Thomas Burdon, Leah Backhus, Roger Cooke, Huibin Tang
INTRODUCTION: Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD) is an important phenomenon that has been repeatedly demonstrated in experimental and clinical models of mechanical ventilation. Even a few hours of MV initiates signaling cascades that result in, first, reduced specific force, and later, atrophy of diaphragm muscle fibers. This severe, progressive weakness of the critical ventilatory muscle results in increased duration of MV and thus increased MV-associated complications/deaths...
2021: Respiratory Medicine