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Case Reports
. 2023 Aug 31;4(1):133-135.
doi: 10.1016/j.jointm.2023.06.005. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Massive abdominal muscle atrophy during prolonged mechanical ventilation: Implications for tracheostomy removal

Pascal Beuret  1 , Florian Michelin  1 , Audrey Tientcheu  1 , Laurane Chalvet  1 , Benedicte Philippon-Jouve  1 , Jean-Charles Chakarian  1 , Xavier Fabre  1
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Massive abdominal muscle atrophy during prolonged mechanical ventilation: Implications for tracheostomy removal

Pascal Beuret et al. J Intensive Med. .
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Figure 1
Ultrasound images of the rectus abdominis muscle. The muscle thickness (yellow diamond) was measured at the end-inspiration and perpendicular to the inner side of the muscle fasciae. A: on the first day of mechanical ventilation; B: on day 48, when the patient was weaned from mechanical ventilation but decannulation was unsuccessful; C: on day 89, when decannulation was successful. The probe is located approximately 2 cm above the umbilicus and 2–3 cm lateral from the midline.
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