Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy: Do they persist for lifetime?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1279-1280

  Bogdanski, Ralph ^a   Blobner, Manfred ^a   Werner, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical illness myopathy; Critical illness polyneuropathy; Neuromuscular disease; Neuropathy; Outcome; Peripheral nerve disease

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0037389244     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000059645.07065.1B     Document Type: Editorial

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