Acute microcirculatory effects of medium frequency versus high frequency neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill patients - a pilot study

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Angelopoulos, Epameinondas ^a   Karatzanos, Eleftherios ^a   Dimopoulos, Stavros ^a   Mitsiou, Georgios ^a   Stefanou, Christos ^a   Patsaki, Irini ^a   Kotanidou, Anastasia ^a   Routsi, Christina ^a   Petrikkos, George ^a   Nanas, Serafeim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ICU acquired weakness prevention; Microcirculation; Near infrared Spectroscopy; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Tissue oxygen saturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATOR; OXYGEN SATURATION; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARM UP;

EID: 84891472261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-39     Document Type: Article

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