Intensive care unit-acquired weakness in the critically ill: Critical illness polyneuropathy and critical illness myopathy;Erworbene Muskelschwäche beim kritisch Kranken: Critical-Illness- Polyneuropathie und Critical-Illness-Myopathie

Anaesthesist

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 887-901

  Judemann, K ^a   Lunz, D ^a   Zausig, Y A ^a   Graf, B M ^a   Zink, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical illness myopathy; Critical illness polyneuropathy; ICU acquired weakness; Pathomechanisms; Prevention

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICAL ILLNESS MYOPATHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS POLYNEUROPATHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ACQUIRED WEAKNESS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NERVE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; WEAKNESS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82455167908     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: 1432055X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-011-1951-7     Document Type: Article

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