BIOMEDICAL ARTICLES
Compensatory Exercise Hyperventilation is Restored in the Morbidly Obese After Bariatric Surgery.
BACKGROUND: Morbidly obese individuals may have poor compensatory hyperventilation during exercise. The objective was to examine pulmonary gas exchange and the compensatory hyperventilatory response during exercise pre- and post-weight reduction surgery in obese subjects. METHODS: Fifteen patients (age = 39 +/- […]
MRI appearance of muscle denervation.
Muscle denervation results from a variety of causes including trauma, neoplasia, neuropathies, infections, autoimmune processes and vasculitis. Traditionally, the diagnosis of muscle denervation was based on clinical examination and electromyography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a distinct advantage over electromyography, not only in diagnosing muscle denervation, but also […]
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Radbruch L.
Klinik für Palliativmedizin, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Deutschland, LRadbruch@ukaachen.de.