Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac Surgery

Critical illness neuromyopathy (CINM) is a sporadically reported disease in the setting of an intensive care unit developing in the process of managing a critical illness. The disease primarily affects the motor and sensory axons and results in severe limb weakness rendering ventilator weaning extre...

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Main Authors:	Wan Ki Baek, Young Sam Kim, Joung Taek Kim, Byoung-Nam Yoon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine 2018-02-01
Series:	Acute and Critical Care
Subjects:	critical illness electromyography nerve conduction neuromuscular diseases rehabilitation thoracic surgery
Online Access:	http://www.accjournal.org/upload/pdf/acc-2016-00255.pdf

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spelling	doaj-d417fd3fba554d25a16c95fbd06cf0ae2020-11-25T00:51:48ZengKorean Society of Critical Care MedicineAcute and Critical Care2586-60522586-60602018-02-01331515610.4266/acc.2016.002551102Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac SurgeryWan Ki Baek0Young Sam Kim1Joung Taek Kim2Byoung-Nam Yoon3 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Incheon, Korea Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Incheon, Korea Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Incheon, Korea Department of Neurology, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, KoreaCritical illness neuromyopathy (CINM) is a sporadically reported disease in the setting of an intensive care unit developing in the process of managing a critical illness. The disease primarily affects the motor and sensory axons and results in severe limb weakness rendering ventilator weaning extremely difficult. We report a case of CINM after cardiac valve surgery. Quadriplegia developed after the operation and resolved slowly over the following 2 months. The patient was discharged home free of neurologic symptoms.http://www.accjournal.org/upload/pdf/acc-2016-00255.pdfcritical illnesselectromyographynerve conductionneuromuscular diseasesrehabilitationthoracic surgery
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author_facet	Wan Ki Baek Young Sam Kim Joung Taek Kim Byoung-Nam Yoon
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title	Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac Surgery
title_short	Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac Surgery
title_full	Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac Surgery
title_fullStr	Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac Surgery
title_full_unstemmed	Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac Surgery
title_sort	critical illness neuromyopathy complicating cardiac surgery
publisher	Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine
series	Acute and Critical Care
issn	2586-6052 2586-6060
publishDate	2018-02-01
description	Critical illness neuromyopathy (CINM) is a sporadically reported disease in the setting of an intensive care unit developing in the process of managing a critical illness. The disease primarily affects the motor and sensory axons and results in severe limb weakness rendering ventilator weaning extremely difficult. We report a case of CINM after cardiac valve surgery. Quadriplegia developed after the operation and resolved slowly over the following 2 months. The patient was discharged home free of neurologic symptoms.
topic	critical illness electromyography nerve conduction neuromuscular diseases rehabilitation thoracic surgery
url	http://www.accjournal.org/upload/pdf/acc-2016-00255.pdf
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Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Complicating Cardiac Surgery

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