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In the United States sepsis annually affects 700,000 people and accounts for about 210,000 deaths. Respiratory failure has long been known to be a frequent occurrence of this pathological condition and to represent a major contributor to the high associated mortality [1]. This contribution discusses of the effects of sepsis and septic shock on respiratory muscle function and focuses on some of the possible mechanisms involved in the genesis of these effects.
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Lanone, S., Taillé, C., Boczkowski, J., Aubier, M. (2012). Diaphragmatic fatigue during sepsis and septic shock. In: Pinsky, M., Brochard, L., Hedenstierna, G., Antonelli, M. (eds) Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28270-6_53
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