Archivos de bronconeumología
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Arch. Bronconeumol. · Aug 2012
Respiratory muscle assessment in predicting extubation outcome in patients with stroke.
Patients with cerebral infarction often present impaired consciousness and unsatisfactory extubation. We aimed to assess the respiratory mechanics components that might be associated with the success of extubation in stroke patients. ⋯ Muscular fatigue index is an important predicting variable to the extubation process in prolonged mechanical ventilation of stroke patients.