ArticleCritical care (London, England)2009
Weakness in the ICU: a call to action.
Article in Critical care (London, England), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for preventing skeletal-muscle weakness and wasting in critically ill patients: a systematic review.BMC medicine · 2013Pooled it
- Importance of hyperglycemia in COVID-19 intensive-care patients: Mechanism and treatment strategy.Primary care diabetes · 2021Review
- Early exercise rehabilitation of muscle weakness in acute respiratory failure patients.Exercise and sport sciences reviews · 2013Review
- Functional evolution of critically ill patients undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensivaArticle
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Abstract
Muscle weakness is prevalent in critically ill patients and can have a dramatic effect on short- and long-term outcomes, yet there are currently no interventions with proven efficacy in preventing or treating this complication. In a new randomized trial, researchers found that serial electrical muscle stimulation significantly mitigated ultrasound-defined muscle atrophy, and the treatment was not linked to adverse effects. Although preliminary, these results, together with other recent studies, indicate a paradigm shift to a proactive approach in managing neuromuscular complications in the ICU.
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