Causes of neuromuscular weakness in the intensive care unit: A study of ninety-two patients

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 610-617

  Lacomis, David ^a,b   Terry Petrella, J ^b   Giuliani, Michael J ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Critical illness; Electromyography; Intensive care; Myopathy; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031925535     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199805)21:5<610::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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