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From: The impact of critical illness on the expiratory muscles and the diaphragm assessed by ultrasound in mechanical ventilated children

Fig. 1

Ultrasound position and measurements of diaphragmatic thickness in the zone of apposition (a, b) of the 3 abdominal muscles (m. obliquus externus abdominis, m. obliquus internus abdominis, m. transversus abdominis), separate and together (c, d); and of the m. rectus abdominis (e, f) with a 7–15 MHz linear array transducer. Pictures were taken with the informed consent of the legal guardians

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