This study evaluated the use of ultrasound to assess diaphragm thickening, rather than diaphragm motion, to predict extubation success. Measurements were made in 63 ventilated patients, end-expiration and end-inspiration differences in thickness during spontaneous breathing were calculated, and the outcome was extubation within 48 hr. The ROC AUC w
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