Longterm outcome of critical illness polyneuropathy

Authors
Citation
Ua. Zifko, Longterm outcome of critical illness polyneuropathy, MUSCLE NERV, 2000, pp. S49-S52
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
da verificare
Journal title
MUSCLE & NERVE
ISSN journal
0148639X → ACNP
Year of publication
2000
Supplement
9
Pages
S49 - S52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-639X(2000):<S49:LOOCIP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe the outcome of patients with critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP). Twenty-six patients with CIP were studied to determine the clinical and electrophysiological profile 13-24 months after the onset of CIP. Seven patients refused to participate in the study; 6 pa tients died within the Ist year. Eleven of the 13 survivors showed clinical evidence of polyneuropathy. Five of these patients also had mononeuropathi es, including peroneal and ulnar nerves. The quality of life was markedly i mpaired in all patients. Nerve conduction studies, including limb motor and sensory nerve conductions, bilateral phrenic nerve onset latencies, and bi lateral diaphragmatic compound muscle action potentials, were abnormal in a ll patients. Incomplete recovery within 1-2 years after the onset of diseas e occurs frequently in patients with CIP. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.