Impaired physical function, loss of muscle mass and assessment of biomechanical properties in critical ill patients

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Poulsen, Jesper Brøndum ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BED REST; BIOMECHANICS; CATABOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMAGING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOSITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR;

EID: 84873122425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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