Nonexcitable muscle membrane predicts intensive care unit-acquired paresis in mechanically ventilated, sedated patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1233-1234

  Appleton, Richard ^a   Kinsella, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; PARESIS; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 77950211758     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181cfb264     Document Type: Letter

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