Intensive care unit-related generalized neuromuscular weakness due to critical illness polyneuropathy/myopathy in critically ill patients

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-121

  Apostolakis, Efstratios ^a   Papakonstantinou, Nikolaos A ^b,d   Baikoussis, Nikolaos G ^c   Papadopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b General Surgery Department General Oncological Hospital Agioi Anargyroi   (Greece)

^c Cardiac Surgery Department   (France)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Intensive care unit; Muscle weakness; Neuromuscular diseases; Paresis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937511901     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-014-1875-x     Document Type: Review

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