Acute myopathy of intensive care: Clinical, electromyographic, and pathological aspects

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 645-654

  Lacomis, David ^a   Giuliani, Michael J ^a   Van Cott, Anne ^a   Kramer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PANCURONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOFILAMENT; MYOPATHY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 0029919453     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400415     Document Type: Article

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