Predictive value of stimulated muscle force assessment in critically ill patients

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Eikermann, M ^a   Malhotra, A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549017745     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01536.x     Document Type: Editorial

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