title: Respiratory muscles and ventilatory failure.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vassilakopoulos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zakynthinos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roussos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000502:physiology; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*