Human limb skeletal muscle wasting and architectural remodeling during five to ten days intubation and ventilation in critical care - an observational study using ultrasound

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Turton, Peter ^a   Hay, Richard ^a   Taylor, Jonathon ^b   McPhee, Jamie ^c   Welters, Ingeborg ^d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARRINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Muscle architecture; Muscle wasting; Pennation angle; Ultrasound; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCLE TISSUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTUBATION; LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

CRITICAL CARE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84999264553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-016-0269-z     Document Type: Article

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