ERS 2019 International Congress - SW8 Skills workshop Bedside evaluation of diaphragm and limb muscle function using ultrasound

Airway diseases

Respiratory critical care

SW8 Skills workshop

Bedside evaluation of diaphragm and limb muscle function using ultrasound Clinical

Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is: €99 standard and €110 on site.

Aims : to provide different ways to evaluate muscle function at the bedside using ultrasonography; to discuss the evaluation of dynamic muscle thickening fraction and diaphragm excursion; to demonstrate and discuss assessments, and their usefulness for evaluation purposes.

Description of the workstations

Target audience : Clinical researcher, Critical/Intensive care physician, Lung function technologist, Nurse, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Radiologist, Student, Trainee, Adult pulmonologist/Clinician

Methods : Pulmonary function testing, Respiratory intensive care

Chairs

Toronto (ON) (Canada)

Introduction -

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Evaluation of limb muscle function using ultrasonography S. Parry(Parkville (VIC), Australia) -

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Evaluation of diaphragm thickness using ultrasonography M. Zambon(Milan, Italy) -

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Evaluation of diaphragm thickening fraction using ultrasonography P. Tuinman(Amsterdam, Netherlands) -

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Evaluation of diaphragm excursion using ultrasonography Z. Shi(Beijing, China) -

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