Impairment of small somatic and autonomic nerve fibres in intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis and critical illness polyneuropathy – a single center controlled observational study

BACKGROUND: Axonal damage in large myelinated nerve fibres occurs in about 70% of patients with severe sepsis, known as critical illness polyneuropathy and contributes significantly to an increased short- and long-term morbidity and mortality in this population. Among other pathophysiological mechan...

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Autores principales: Axer, Hubertus, Grimm, Alexander, Porzelius, Christine, Teschner, Ulrike, Schumacher, Ulrike, Witte, Otto W, Brunkhorst, Frank M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24176121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-13-159

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