"Work of Breathing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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RESPIRATORY MUSCLE contraction during INHALATION. The work is accomplished in three phases: LUNG COMPLIANCE work, that required to expand the LUNGS against its elastic forces; tissue resistance work, that required to overcome the viscosity of the lung and chest wall structures; and AIRWAY RESISTANCE work, that required to overcome airway resistance during the movement of air into the lungs. Work of breathing does not refer to expiration, which is entirely a passive process caused by elastic recoil of the lung and chest cage. (Guyton, Textbook of Medical Physiology, 8th ed, p406)
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D014939
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.386.700.975 G09.772.965
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Work of Breathing" by people in Profiles.
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Inspiratory Effort and Lung Mechanics in Spontaneously Breathing Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure due to COVID-19: A Matched Control Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 09 15; 204(6):725-728.
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Effects of Face Mask Use on Objective and Subjective Measures of Thermoregulation During Exercise in the Heat. Sports Health. 2021 Sep-Oct; 13(5):463-470.
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COVID-19, Personal Protective Equipment, and Human Performance. Anesthesiology. 2021 04 01; 134(4):518-525.
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Emergency presentation of iatrogenic airway stenosis following intubation in a patient with COVID-19 and its management. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Dec 13; 13(12).
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Wearing an N95 Respiratory Mask: An Unintended Exercise Benefit? Anesthesiology. 2020 09; 133(3):684-686.
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A physiological approach to understand the role of respiratory effort in the progression of lung injury in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Crit Care. 2020 08 10; 24(1):494.
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Development of a work of breathing scale and monitoring need of intubation in COVID-19 pneumonia. Crit Care. 2020 07 31; 24(1):477.
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COVID-19: minimising contaminated aerosol spreading during CPAP treatment. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2020 Nov; 105(6):669-671.
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COVID-19: Pulse oximeters in the spotlight. J Clin Monit Comput. 2021 02; 35(1):11-14.
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Measurement of Diaphragmatic Electrical Activity by Surface Electromyography in Intubated Subjects and Its Relationship With Inspiratory Effort. Respir Care. 2018 Nov; 63(11):1341-1349.