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Should we abandon manual muscle strength testing in the ICU?

Intensive-care-unit-acquired weakness is a major complication in critically ill patients. The paper by Hough and coworkers suggests that the current method of manual muscle strength testing with the Medical Research Council sum score is of limited value in the intensive care unit. However, their res...

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Autores principales: Hermans, Greet, Gosselink, Rik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21371345
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10038