title: Respiratory muscle fatigue.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bellemare
mesh_terms: 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*