A guided approach to diagnose severe muscle weakness in the intensive care unit

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 199-201

  Latronico, Nicola ^a,b   Gosselink, Rik ^c  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84943644893     PISSN: 0103507X     EISSN: 19824335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/0103-507X.20150036     Document Type: Note

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