How should we deal with muscle weakness in critically ill patients?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2648-2649

  Dincer, H Erhan ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness polyneuromyopathy; Exercise; Mobilization; Muscle weakness; Myopathy; Polyneuropathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BREATHING EXERCISE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69349099788     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ac4784     Document Type: Editorial

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