Neurocritical care
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Neurocrit Care
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The optimal time to discontinue patients from mechanical ventilation is critical as premature discontinuation as well as delayed weaning can result in complications. The literature on diaphragm function assessment during the weaning process in the intriguing subpopulation of critically ill neuromuscular disease patients is lacking. ⋯ The Edi and diaphragm excursion changes can be used as additional objective tools in the decision-making of the weaning trials in neuromuscular disease.