Effects of early treatment with immunoglobulin on critical illness polyneuropathy following multiple organ failure and gram-negative sepsis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1144-1149

  Mohr, M ^a   Englisch, L ^a   Roth, A ^a   Burchardi, H ^a   Zielmann, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical illness polyneuropathy; Immunoglobulin; Multiple organ failure; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POLYNEUROPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030712913     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050471     Document Type: Article

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