Clinical approach to the weak patient in the intensive care unit

Respiratory Care

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1024-1040

  Dhand, Upinder K ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness myopathy; Critical illness polyneuropathy; Electrodiagnosis; Flaccid quadriplegia; Guillain Barr syndrome; Intensive care; Myasthenia gravis; Neuromuscular disorders

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYOPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROPATHY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SPINAL CORD LESION; WEAKNESS;

BIOPSY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLES; NERVE TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33845343555     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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