Polyneuropathies in critically ill patients: A prospective evaluation

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 849-855

  Berek, K ^a   Margreiter, J ^b   Willeit, J ^a   Berek, A ^b   Schmutzhard, E ^a   Mutz, N J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Multiple organ failure; Nerve conduction velocity; Polyneuropathy; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0029844551     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02044106     Document Type: Article

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