Critically ill polyneuropathy associated with burns: a case report.
A severe sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy is reported in a patient with burns covering 35 per cent of the body surface area, severe sepsis and acute renal failure. It presented as difficulty in wearing the patient from a ventilator. Attention is drawn to the condition of critically ill polyneuropathy which has been recently noted in severe illnesses and sepsis. From a search of the literature we believe this to be the first report of this condition in association with thermal injury.
Carver
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West Norwich Hospital, UK.
Logan
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D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology