Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit
Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) with neuromuscular disorders are either admitted for an acute life-threatening disease of new onset such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, or for a complication of a severe pre-existing condition such as muscular dystrophy, or they develop a neuromuscular disorder...
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| description | Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) with neuromuscular disorders are either admitted for an acute life-threatening disease of new onset such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, or for a complication of a severe pre-existing condition such as muscular dystrophy, or they develop a neuromuscular disorder as a consequence of critical illness, i.e. so-called "ICU-associated weakness." This chapter provides an introduction to the specific requirement of these patients needed to improve their outcomes after ICU treatment. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:2e40ecc6-b3e0-4778-9d5f-2b4732ea5ae42022-03-26T12:47:52ZNeuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care UnitBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248uuid:2e40ecc6-b3e0-4778-9d5f-2b4732ea5ae4Symplectic Elements at OxfordWiley-Blackwell2011Damian, MSHilton-Jones, DPatients in the intensive care unit (ICU) with neuromuscular disorders are either admitted for an acute life-threatening disease of new onset such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, or for a complication of a severe pre-existing condition such as muscular dystrophy, or they develop a neuromuscular disorder as a consequence of critical illness, i.e. so-called "ICU-associated weakness." This chapter provides an introduction to the specific requirement of these patients needed to improve their outcomes after ICU treatment. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| spellingShingle | Damian, MS Hilton-Jones, D Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit |
| title | Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit |
| title_full | Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit |
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| title_short | Neuromuscular Disorders in the Intensive Care Unit |
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