Muscle weakness in septic patients requiring mechanical ventilation: Protective effect of transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319.e1-319.e8

  Rodriguez, Pablo O ^a   Setten, Mariano ^a   Maskin, Luis P ^a   Bonelli, Ignacio ^a   Vidomlansky, Silvana Romero ^a   Attie, Shiry ^a   Frosiani, Silvana L ^a   Kozima, Shigeru ^a   Valentini, Ricardo ^a  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Critical illness polyneuropathy; Electric stimulation; Multiple organ failure; Muscle weakness; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856743220     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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