Is overlap of respiratory and limb muscle weakness at weaning from mechanical ventilation associated with poorer outcomes?

Intensive Care Med. 2017 Feb;43(2):282-283. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4626-7. Epub 2016 Nov 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Critical Illness
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Muscle Weakness / complications
  • Muscle Weakness / etiology*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Respiration Disorders / complications
  • Respiratory Muscles*
  • Risk Factors
  • Ventilator Weaning / adverse effects*
  • Ventilator Weaning / mortality

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones