Abstract
RATIONALE: The clinical significance of diaphragm weakness in critically ill patients is evident: it prolongs ventilator dependency, and increases morbidity and duration of hospital stay. To date, the nature of diaphragm weakness and its underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms are poorly understood.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1126-1138 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine |
Volume | 191 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2015 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Animals
- Biopsy
- Blotting, Western
- Case-Control Studies
- Critical Illness
- Diaphragm
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Humans
- Journal Article
- Length of Stay
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
- Muscle Proteins
- Muscle Weakness
- Muscular Atrophy
- Netherlands
- Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Respiration, Artificial
- Tripartite Motif Proteins
- Ubiquitin
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
- Young Adult