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Fig. 5

From: Ultrasound shear wave elastography for assessing diaphragm function in mechanically ventilated patients: a breath-by-breath analysis

Fig. 5

Physiological variables and diaphragm shear modulus over time in two patients. Temporal evolution of airway flow, esophageal (Pes), gastric (Pga) and transdiaphragmatic (Pdi) pressures, and diaphragm shear modulus (SMdi) in a patient with a significant ΔPdi–ΔSMdi relationship (r = 0.81, p = 0.002, panel a) and in a patient with a non-significant ΔPdi–ΔSMdi relationship (r = 0.14, p = 0.643, panel b). Respiratory rates were of 12 and 33 breaths.min−1 for panel a and b, respectively

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