Respective contribution of intensive care unit-acquired limb muscle and severe diaphragm weakness on weaning outcome and mortality: a post hoc analysis of two cohorts

Respective contribution of intensive care unit-acquired limb muscle and severe diaphragm weakness on weaning outcome and mortality: a post hoc analysis of two cohorts

Abstract Background Intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) and ICU-acquired diaphragm dysfunction (ICU-DD) occur frequently in mechanically ventilated (MV) patients. It is unknown whether they have different risk factors and different impacts on outcome. This study was designed to (1)...

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Main Authors: Martin Dres, Boris Jung, Nicolas Molinari, Federico Manna, Bruno-Pierre Dubé, Gerald Chanques, Thomas Similowski, Samir Jaber, Alexandre Demoule
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Diaphragm
Muscles
Weakness
Magnetic stimulation
Intensive care unit
Mechanical ventilation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2650-z

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