Critical illness-associated diaphragm weakness

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1441-1452

  Dres, Martin ^a,b,c   Goligher, Ewan C ^d,e   Heunks, Leo M A ^f   Brochard, Laurent J ^c,e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Diaphragm atrophy; Diaphragm dysfunction; Respiratory muscle weakness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANABOLIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DIAPHRAGM WEAKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; INJURIES; MUSCLE ATROPHY;

AIRWAY EXTUBATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85029471636     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4928-4     Document Type: Review

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