Diaphragm paralysis is a recognized complication of neuralgic amyotrophy that causes severe dyspnoea. Although recovery of strength in the arm muscles, when affected, is common, there are little data on recovery of diaphragm function. This study, therefore, re-assessed diaphragm strength in cases of bilateral diaphragm paralysis due to neuralgic amyotrophy that had previously been diagnosed at ...

RATIONALE Mechanical ventilation is known to induce ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction. Patients submitted to mechanical ventilation often receive massive doses of corticosteroids that may cause further deterioration of diaphragm function. OBJECTIVES To examine whether the combination of 24 hours of controlled mechanical ventilation with corticosteroid administration would exacerbate ve...

Timber-based strengthening interventions on existing wooden floors showed great potential to improve the diaphragm response in seismic rehabilitation. This is particularly important masonry buildings earthquake prone areas, achieve a global box behaviour. A numerical model able describe non-linear cyclic behaviour of unreinforced and reinforced illustrated present paper. Since timber made by ap...

While animal studies indicate that controlled mechanical ventilation (MV) induces diaphragm weakness and myofiber atrophy, there are no data in humans that confirm MV per se produces diaphragm weakness. Whether or not diaphragm weakness results from MV, sepsis, corticosteroids, hyperglycemia, or a combination of these factors, however, is not the most important issue raised by the recent study ...

In view of the fact that right-sided hernia of the diaphragm is relatively infrequent, a report on the following case, observed in our Cinic, is of interest. In a series of 276 cases collected by Lacher, only I5 per cent of the total number of diaphragmatic hernias occurred on the right side. The reason seems quite obvious; the bulk of the liver, occupying the right dome of the diaphragm, preve...

BACKGROUND The physiological basis underlying the decline in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) associated with changing the sleep position from prone to supine remains unknown. AIMS To evaluate diaphragm thickness (t(di)) and shortening in healthy term infants in the prone and supine positions in order to determine whether changes in body position would affect diaphragm res...

INTRODUCTION Pressure-support ventilation, is widely used in critically ill patients; however, the relative contribution of patient's effort during assisted breathing is difficult to measure in clinical conditions. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the performance of ultrasonographic indices of diaphragm contractile activity (respiratory excursion and thickening) in comparison to traditi...

Eventration of the diaphragm is a rare condition where the muscle is permanently elevated, but retains its continuity and attachments to the costal margins. It is seldom symptomatic and often requires no treatment, but may be confused with a traumatic rupture of the diaphragm. We present a 5I -year -old man with previously undiagnosed congenital eventration, mimicking traumatic rupture of the d...

Diaphragm eventration is partial or complete elevation of the diaphragm as a result of failure of muscular development. While diaphragm eventration has no symptoms in some cases, it may also cause life threatening problems. Thoracic ectopic kidney is a rare anomaly and usually does not produce symptoms. A 4-month-old male patient who has diaphragm eventration with left ectopic thoracic kidney w...

Female sex workers (n = 140) were enrolled in a 6-month acceptability trial of the diaphragm. We randomized a subset (n = 40) to receive colposcopies after 1 month of diaphragm use or after 1 month of observation before commencing diaphragm use. Adverse events were mild in nature. Frequency of colposcopic findings did not differ between women randomized to immediate versus delayed diaphragm use...