Respiratory muscle fatigue.
Ventilatory failure may accompany a variety of pulmonary and neuromuscular diseases. There has been much controversy about whether this failure is due to respiratory muscle fatigue at peripheral sites or a failure of drive at sites within the central nervous system. The chapter reviews this topic.
McKenzie
D K
DK
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Bellemare
F
F
D000818:Animals; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000502:physiology; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000502:physiology*