title: Critical illness neuropathy.
abstract: Critical illness neuropathy frequently accompanies the septic syndrome in intensive care units. Another entity that may occur independently or concurrently in critically ill patients is a myopathy, giving rise to difficulties in distinguishing between them. The two patients described had sensorimotor axonal peripheral neuropathy. Axonopathy as a rule has a poor prognosis for recovery, which is slow and often incomplete. There are few reports of the functional outcome after rehabilitation therapy. The two patients described had 5-6 weeks of active rehabilitation therapy with improvement from moderate/severe disability at the onset to slight debility at the end of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Aged Care and Rehabilitation Services, Department of Medicine, Blacktown Hospital, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagaratnam
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000523:psychology*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome