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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Commentary
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
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description 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 results raise a number of questions and provide important lessons for implementation of such evaluations in the intensive care unit.
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spelling pubmed-32193122012-03-01 Should we abandon manual muscle strength testing in the ICU? Hermans, Greet Gosselink, Rik Crit Care Commentary 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 results raise a number of questions and provide important lessons for implementation of such evaluations in the intensive care unit. BioMed Central 2011 2011-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3219312/ /pubmed/21371345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10038 Text en Copyright ©2011 BioMed Central Ltd
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