Current opinion in critical care
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Curr Opin Crit Care
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The present review summarizes developments in the field of respiratory muscle monitoring, in particular in critically ill patients. ⋯ Respiratory muscle dysfunction develops rapidly in selected critically ill patients and is associated with adverse outcome. Recent technological advances allow real-time monitoring of respiratory muscle activity in these patients. Although this field is in its infancy, from a physiological perspective, it is reasonable to assume that monitoring respiratory muscle activity improves outcome in these patients.