Adjustments of non-invasive ventilation and mechanically assisted cough by combining ultrasound imaging of the larynx with transnasal fibre-optic laryngoscopy: a protocol for an experimental study

• Hege Havstad Clemm,
• Maria Vollsæter,
• Thomas Halvorsen,
• Ola Drange Røksund,
• Anne Kristine Brekka,
• George Ntoumenopoulos,
• Tiina Maarit Andersen

Affiliations

Hege Havstad Clemm

Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Haukeland Universityhospital, Bergen, Norway

Maria Vollsæter

Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Thomas Halvorsen

Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Haukeland Universityhospital, Bergen, Norway

Ola Drange Røksund

4 Department of Physiotherapy, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Anne Kristine Brekka

4Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway

George Ntoumenopoulos

Physiotherapy, St Vincent`s Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Tiina Maarit Andersen

Norwegian Advisory Unit on Home Mechanical Ventilation, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway