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Diaphragm activation during exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by SINDERBY, Christer, SPAHIJA, Jadranka, BECK, Jennifer, KAMINSKI, Darek, SHENG YAN, COMTOIS, Norman, SLIWINSKI, Pawel

“…Although it has been postulated that central inhibition of respiratory drive may prevent development of diaphragm fatigue in patients with chronic obstructive…”
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Expiratory muscle pressure and breathing mechanics in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Yan, S, Sinderby, C, Bielen, P, Beck, J, Comtois, N, Sliwinski, P

“…Expiratory muscle recruitment is common in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Due to airway obstruction, there is little reason to…”
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Chest wall muscle cross talk in canine costal diaphragm electromyogram by Sinderby, C, Friberg, S, Comtois, N, Grassino, A

“…C. Sinderby, S. Friberg, N. Comtois, and A. Grassino Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, and Department of Medicine, Notre Dame Hospital,…”
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Influence of tension time on muscle fiber sarcolemmal injury in rat diaphragm by Zhu, Ercheng, Comtois, Alain S, Fang, Liwei, Comtois, Norman R, Grassino, Alejandro E

“…Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H2L 4M1 We hypothesized that the amount of sarcolemmal injury…”
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Effects of diaphragm shortening on the mean action potential conduction velocity in canines by Sinderby, C, Lindström, L, Comtois, N, Grassino, A E

“…1. The present study was designed to test if the mean muscle fibre action potential conduction velocity (VAPC) in the costal diaphragm changes with muscle…”
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C51 RESPIRATORY FAILURE: HIGH FLOW OXYGEN, LIBERATION, NON-INVASIVE, AND PROLONGED VENTILATION: Feasibility And Tolerability Of Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist In High Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Singh, J M, Matte, A, Comtois, N, Chen, D, Spahija, J A

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An ATP-sensitive potassium channel blocker decreases diaphragmatic circulation in anesthetized dogs by Comtois, A, Sinderby, C, Comtois, N, Grassino, A, Renaud, J M

“…The goal of this study was to determine whether in the dog ATP-sensitive K+ channels blocked with glibenclamide affect diaphragmatic blood flow [phrenic…”
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Neural control of mechanical ventilation in respiratory failure by Sinderby, Christer, Navalesi, Paolo, Beck, Jennifer, Skrobik, Yoanna, Comtois, Norman, Friberg, Sven, Gottfried, Stewart B, Lindström, Lars

“…Mechanical ventilation is a life-saving intervention for the management of acute respiratory failure. Its objective is to reduce excessive respiratory effort…”
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Electrical activity of the diaphragm during pressure support ventilation in acute respiratory failure by BECK, Jennifer, GOTTFRIED, Stewart B, NAVALESI, Paolo, SKROBIK, Yoanna, COMTOIS, Norman, ROSSINI, Mauro, SINDERBY, Christer

“…We compared crural diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi) with transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) during varying levels of pressure support ventilation (PS) in 13…”
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The unweanable patient by Grassino, A, Comtois, N, Galdiz, H J, Sinderby, C

“…Inspiratory muscles can be exerted to their maximal limits during situations of: 1) high ventilatory demands, such as in exercise; and 2) during cases of high…”
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Diaphragm muscle fiber injury after inspiratory resistive breathing by Zhu, E, Petrof, B J, Gea, J, Comtois, N, Grassino, A E

“…Five awake previously tracheotomized mongrel dogs were challenged with inspiratory resistive breathing (IRB). The mean peak tracheal pressure = -35.4 +/- 1.1…”
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POWER SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OF THE DIAPHRAGMATIC ELECTROMYOGRAM DURING PARTIAL PARALYSIS WITH ATRACURIUM by Goldman, E., Richmond, M. A., Bhatt, N., Comtois, N., Grassino, A.

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