Critical care myopathy: An electrophysiological and histological study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 516-518

  Faragher, Mark W ^a,c   Day, Bruce J ^a   Dennett, Xenia ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; glucocorticoids; heart lung transplantation; myosinolysis; nondepolarizing muscle relaxants

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MYOSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NECROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 0029991046     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199604)19:4<516::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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