Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 11-1997. A 51-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and generalized muscle weakness.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D016638:Critical Illness; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004576:Electromyography; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000473:pathology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone