Critical illness polyneuropathy: A new (or old?) reason for weaning failure

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 452-453

  Frutos Vivar, Fernando ^a   Esteban, Andrés ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical illness polyneuropathy; Mechanical ventilation; Outcome; Predictive index; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRACHEOSTOMY;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 13444300919     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000153525.37281.D4     Document Type: Editorial

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