CRITICAL ILLNESS NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE IN CHILDREN MANIFESTED AS VENTILATORY DEPENDENCE

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作者
SHETH, RD
PRYSEPHILLIPS, WEM
RIGGS, JE
BODENSTEINER, JB
机构
[1] W VIRGINIA UNIV, HLTH SCI CTR, DEPT PEDIAT, MORGANTOWN, WV 26506 USA
[2] MEM UNIV NEWFOUNDLAND, DEPT MED NEUROL, ST JOHNS, NF, CANADA
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10.1016/S0022-3476(95)70555-4
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R72 [儿科学];
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100202 ;
摘要
Four children with prolonged dependency on a ventilator were found to have reversible quadriparesis, muscle wasting, and hyporeflexia after 8 to 20 days of assisted ventilation for life-threatening sepsis or respiratory failure. Critical illness neuromuscular disease, which was recently recognized as a distinct clinical syndrome in adults, may also be manifested in children by prolonged ventilatory dependency.
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