Predominamt involvement of motor fibres in patients with critical illness polyneuropathy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-278

  Hund, E ^a   Genzwurker H ^a   Bohrer H ^a   Jakob, H ^a   Thiele, R ^a   Hacke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications, critical illness polyneuropathy; Complications, sepsis; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SEPSIS; ULNAR NERVE; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030612723     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/78.3.274     Document Type: Article

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