Intensive care Muscle Wasting and Weakness : Underlying Mechanisms, Muscle Specific Differences and a Specific Intervention Strategy
The intensive care unit (ICU) condition, i.e., immobilisation, sedation and mechanical ventilation, often results in severe muscle wasting and weakness as well as a specific acquired myopathy, i.e., Acute Quadriplegic Myopathy (AQM). The exact mechanisms underlying AQM remain incomplete, but this my...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Klinisk neurofysiologi
2013
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-192531 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-8586-3 |