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From: Electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi) as a monitoring parameter in difficult weaning from respirator: a pilot study

Figure 1

EAdi max values of patients before, during, and after the spontaneous breathing trial. The figure shows the EAdimax values in microvolts for each patient before (pre D) during (D(f) and D(l)), and after a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). Light grey squares depict EAdimax values of patients successfully passing the SBT (n = 12), with dashed lines highlighting those patients still needing ventilator support after 72 hours (n = 4 of 12). Black triangles depict EAdimax values of patients failing the SBT (n = 6). pre D, baseline values before SBT; D(f), first values after disconnection from the ventilator (after about 5 minutes); D(l), last values before reconnecting to the ventilator; post D, values after about 5 minutes after reconnecting to the ventilator.

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