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Correlation between respiratory and peripheral muscular characteristics and fluid balance.
The figure shows correlations between respiratory and rectus fermoris muscular thickness and echogenicity and fluid balance. Right parasternal intercostal, diaphragm and rectus femoris echogenicity were expressed in arbitrary units (AU), the cumulative fluid balance was expressed in ml/day.
