Parasternal intercostal electromyography: a novel tool to assess respiratory load in children

Predicting healthcare outcomes in prematurely born infants using cluster analysis

“…Pulmonary function was assessed by parasternal intercostal electromyography, which provides a non‐volitional measure of respiratory effort. We have previously shown this technique detects changes induced by imposition or removal of additional respiratory load in children . Healthcare utilization was recorded and cost of care calculated.…”

“…The parasternal intercostal electromyogram (EMGpara) was undertaken in accordance with published work . Briefly, EMGpara was recorded during 10 min of tidal breathing using surface electrodes placed over the second intercostal space, directly adjacent to the sternum.…”

“…Briefly, EMGpara was recorded during 10 min of tidal breathing using surface electrodes placed over the second intercostal space, directly adjacent to the sternum. The mean peak EMGpara per breath over the final stable minute of recording was reported and expressed as z scores based on previously reported data . Further details are given in the online Supplementary material.…”

Respiratory viral infections in infancy and school age respiratory outcomes and healthcare costs

“…The parasternal intercostal electromyogram was recorded from the second intercostal space during ten minutes of tidal breathing as per our previous work . Full methodological details are given in the online supplementary material.…”

“…Full methodological details are given in the online supplementary material. EMGpara was log‐transformed and expressed relative to predicted based on previously published data …”