Finally, a time and place for electrophysiological testing in critically ill patients?

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2221-2223

  Fan, Eddy ^a   Herridge, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN; ICU ACQUIRED WEAKNESS; INTENSIVE CARE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WEAKNESS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS;

EID: 84946479395     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-4083-8     Document Type: Editorial

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