Do you utilize phrenic nerve EMG in patients with diaphragmatic issues?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Diaphragm muscle needle EMG is definitely a useful tool to assess patients with suspected respiratory muscle weakness/paralysis. It can differentiate neurogenic from myopathic disorders and it can help with prognostication. However, many providers, including myself, are not very comfortable with "bl...
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at Tufts University School of Medicine, South Shore Hospital I agree with the approach. We have not performed p...
I agree with the approach. We have not performed p...