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Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Kurien KoshyDouglas W. Zochodne
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Chapter 44. Neuromuscular complications of critical illness
出版Elsevier Inc. Chapters, 2013-08-17
主題Medical / Neurology
ISBN01280787589780128078754
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JWt1DAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) suffer from a wide range of neurological disorders. Some develop within the ICU rendering weakness and difficulty in weaning patients from ventilator support. ICUAW, or ICU acquired weakness, is a broad term that includes several more specific neuromuscular problems. After exclusion of other causes of weakness, ICUAW includes critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP), first described by Charles Bolton, critical illness myopathy (CIM), and disorders of neuromuscular junction transmission. This chapter reviews the clinical, electrophysiological, and pathological features of these conditions and provides clinicians with approaches toward diagnosing and investigating ICUAW.