Critically ill patients
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: adult patients who undergo mechanical ventilation for more than 72 hours and die during mechanical ventilation or within 2 weeks after weaning from the ventilator
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients who have exogenous disease such as poisoning or trauma, central nervous system disease, and medical history of neuropathy and/or myopathy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a degree and frequency of pathologic abnormality of peripheral nerve and muscle in critically ill patients | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| relationship between pathologic abnormality and muscle weakness, clinical diagnosis, severity, and medication | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine