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SUBMITTER: Kennouche D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8063302 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kennouche Djahid D Luneau Eric E Lapole Thomas T Morel Jérome J Millet Guillaume Y GY Gondin Julien J
Critical care (London, England) 20210422 1
Around one third of intensive care unit (ICU) patients will develop severe neuromuscular alterations, known as intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW), during their stay. The diagnosis of ICUAW is difficult and often delayed as a result of sedation or delirium. Indeed, the clinical evaluation of both Medical Research Council score and maximal voluntary force (e.g., using handgrip and/or handheld dynamometers), two independent predictors of mortality, can be performed only in awake and coop ...[more]