Background Patients with critical illness can lose more than 15% of muscle mass in one
week, and this can have long-term detrimental effects. However, there is currently no …

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Rationale: Profound muscle weakness during and after critical illness is termed intensive
care unit–acquired weakness (ICUAW). Objectives: To develop diagnostic …

Critical illness polyneuropathies (CIP) and myopathies (CIM) are common complications of
critical illness. Several weakness syndromes are summarized under the term intensive care …

Intensive care unit‐acquired weakness (ICUAW) occurs frequently in the context of critical
illness without alternative plausible cause and specific treatment options, and it is important …

The act of breathing depends on coordinated activity of the respiratory muscles to generate
subatmospheric pressure. This action is compromised by disease states affecting …

Objective To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of critical illness
neuromuscular abnormalities (CINMA). Design Systematic review. Data sources and study …

We conducted a literature review of the intensive care unit-acquired weakness syndromes
(critical illness polyneuropathy, critical illness myopathy and critical illness neuromyopathy) …

Intensive care unit–acquired weakness (ICUAW) begins within hours of mechanical
ventilation and may not be completely reversible over time. It represents a major functional …

Critical illness, more precisely defined as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome
(SIRS), occurs in 20%–50% of patients who have been on mechanical ventilation for more …