An official american thoracic society clinical practice guideline: The diagnosis of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in adults

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1437-1446

  Fan, Eddy ^a   Cheek, Fern ^a   Chlan, Linda ^a   Gosselink, Rik ^a   Hart, Nicholas ^a   Herridge, Margaret S ^a   Hopkins, Ramona O ^a   Hough, Catherine L ^a   Kress, John P ^a   Latronico, Nicola ^a   Moss, Marc ^a   Needham, Dale M ^a   Rich, Mark M ^a   Stevens, Robert D ^a   Wilson, Kevin C ^a   Winkelman, Chris ^a   Zochodne, Doug W ^a   Ali, Naeem A ^a  

^a American Thoracic Society (ATS)   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Critical illness myoneuropathy; Critical illness myopathy; Critical illness polyneuropathy; Definitions; Diagnosis; Intensive care unit acquired weakness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT ACQUIRED WEAKNESS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INTENSIVE CARE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 84919361092     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201411-2011ST     Document Type: Article

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