title: Recurrent critical illness myopathy in an asthmatic patient treated with corticosteroids.
abstract: We report a case of recurrent critical illness myopathy in an asthmatic patient who was treated for respiratory failure with high doses of intravenous corticosteroids alone without exposure to nondepolarizing neuronmscular-bloclong agents. Each episode was followed by substantial symptomatic improvement. Our experience indicates that intravenous corticosteroids should be used with special caution in patients with a history of critical illness myopathy.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lindenbaum
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nations
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Barobn
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Wolfe