Rodrigo Marques Tonella, Ligia Dos Santos Roceto Ratti, Lilian Elisabete Bernardes Delazari, Carlos Fontes Junior, Paula Lima Da Silva, Aline Ribeiro Da Silva Herran, Daniela Cristina Dos Santos Faez, Ivete Alonso Bredda Saad, Luciana Castilho De Figueiredo, Rui Moreno, Desanka Dragosvac, Antonio Luis Eiras Falcao
BACKGROUND: Prolonged use of mechanical ventilation (MV) leads to weakening of the respiratory muscles, especially in patients subjected to sedation, but this effect seems to be preventable or more quickly reversible using respiratory muscle training. The aims of the study were to assess variations in respiratory and hemodinamic parameters with electronic inspiratory muscle training (EIMT) in tracheostomized patients requiring MV and to compare these variations with those in a group of patients subjected to an intermittent nebulization program (INP)...
November 2017: Journal of Clinical Medicine Research