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Table 4 Respiratory impairment and diaphragmatic dysfunction

From: Incidence and predictive factors of diaphragmatic dysfunction in acute stroke

 

Normal breathing* (n = 60)

Forced breathing** (n = 52)

Dysfunction

No dysfunction

Dysfunction

No dysfunction

No respiratory impairment

8 (30%)

19 (70%)

1 (4%)

25 (96%)

Respiratory impairment

- Dyspnoea (n = 21, 35%)

- Orthopnoea (n = 7, 11%)

- Respiratory infection (n = 14, 23%)

- DE (n = 22, 36%)

23 (70%)

10 (30%)

5 (19%)

21 (81%)

  1. The table shows the association between diaphragmatic dysfunction and respiratory impairment. The last file shows the incidence of appearance of each symptom during the 6 months of follow-up *p = 0.002. **p = 0.191
  2. DE Difficulty expectorating