Weakness in the ICU: A call to action

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Stevens, Robert D ^a   Hart, Nicholas ^b   de Jonghe, Bernard ^c   Sharshar, Tarek ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951632304     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8143     Document Type: Note

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