Critical Illness Polyneuropathy
Critical illness polyneuropathy in ICU patients is related to reduced motor nerve excitability caused by reduced sodium permeability
... Critically ill patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multiple organ failure frequently develop muscle weakness due to critical illness myopathy and/ or critical illness ...
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Critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) in neurological early rehabilitation: clinical and neurophysiological features
... CIM: Critical illness myopathy; CIP: Critical illness polyneuropathy; CMAP: Compound muscle action potential; CRP: C-reactive protein; CV: Conduction velocity; DML: Distal motor ...
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Impairment of small somatic and autonomic nerve fibres in intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis and critical illness polyneuropathy – a single center controlled observational study
... identify critical illness polyneuropathy and to neurophysiologically quantify the damage of large nerve ...to critical illness ...
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Is plasma calcium concentration implicated in the development of critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy?
... disturbances as an early event leading to cell injury or death. Calcium is an important intracellular messenger and regulator of cell function. Calcium is essential for the excitation-contraction coupling in muscle, ...
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Clinical review: Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy
... Critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) and myopathy (CIM) are major complications of severe critical illness and its management. CIP/ CIM prolongs weaning from mechanical ventilation and ...
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Early treatment with IgM enriched intravenous immunoglobulin does not mitigate critical illness polyneuropathy and/or myopathy in patients with multiple organ failure and SIRS/sepsis: a prospective, randomized, placebo controlled, double blinded trial
... CIM: Critical illness myopathy; CIP: Critical illness polyneuropathy; CIPNM: Critical illness polyneuropathy and/or myopathy; CMAP: Compound muscle action ...
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Reversible tetraplegia after percutaneous nephrostolithotomy and septic shock: a case of critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy with acute onset and complete recovery
... Two weeks after PNL, the patient turned conscious and partially cooperative to neurological examinations. The proximal motor power of her upper extremities was 1/5 and distal 2/5; the proximal motor power of her lower ...
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Fitness and mobility training in patients with Intensive Care Unit acquired muscle weakness (FITonICU): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... CIM: Critical illness myopathy; CIP: Critical illness polyneuropathy; EQ-5D: EuroQol 5 dimensions questionnaire; FAC: Functional Ambulation Categories; FITonICU: Fitness and mobility ...
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Clinical review: intensive care unit acquired weakness
... acute illness, complicated surgery, severe trauma, or burn injury will develop a de novo form of muscle weakness during the ICU stay that is referred to as “ intensive care unit acquired weakness ” ...by ...
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Benefits of intensive insulin therapy on neuromuscular complications in routine daily critical care practice: a retrospective study
... from critical illness myopathy (CIM), which is a primary muscle disease that may occur in the same setting ...as critical illness polyneuropathy and/or myopathy ...
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Endotoxemia in pediatric critical illness a pilot study
... of illness associated with endotoxemia might be reduced by specific measures to neutralize endotoxin needs to be studied further, but the hypothesis remains ...of illness in meningococcal disease [13], and ...
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Glucose absorption and gastric emptying in critical illness
... The rate and/or extent of glucose absorption is dependent on a number of factors that include GE, the presence of pancre- atic enzymes, contact time with the small intestinal mucosa (transit), contact surface area ...
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Bench to bedside review: Chloride in critical illness
... Chloride is the principal anion in the extracellular fl uid and is the second main contributor to plasma tonicity. Its concentration is frequently abnormal in intensive care unit patients, often as a consequence of fl ...
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Monitoring and optimising outcomes of survivors of critical illness
... It is then vital that we identify how best to assist patients after they leave hospital. Tailoring interventions to individual patient need will be required to ensure optimal use and targeting of resources to those most ...
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Volume 9 | Issue 1 - 2019
... in critical illness neuromyopathy ...the critical care department and subjected to muscle ultrasound on day 7 and 14 and nerve conduction studies (NCS) on day 14, also 20 healthy controls were ...
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Assessment and clinical course of hypocalcemia in critical illness
... This was a single-center, retrospective, observational study. The population is derived from patients prospec- tively recruited to a non-interventional study assessing a biomarker of infection in a full cross-section of ...
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Science review: Natriuretic peptides in critical illness
... Critical illness, such as sepsis, trauma and major surgery, is accompanied by an activation of the immune system and mediator cells; that is, macrophages elaborating soluble inflammatory products such as ...
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Context-sensitive fluid therapy in critical illness
... Common to critically ill patients who undergo major sur- gery or suffer from trauma or sepsis are microcirculatory disturbances from capillary leakage due to inflammation. Although fluid administration is useful for ...
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Relationship between thyroid function and ICU mortality (sick euthyroid syndrome)
... involves every organ but the underlying pathology is not completely understood. Despite the primary diagnosis, as a stress induced response in critical illness, a state of hyper metabolism prevails leading ...
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Influenza virus related critical illness: pathophysiology and epidemiology
... Influenza virus affects the respiratory tract by direct viral infection or by damage from the immune system response. In humans, the respiratory epithelium is the only site where the hemagglutinin (HA) molecule is ...
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