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disease > nervous system diseases > neuromuscular diseases > neuromyopathy > critical illness neuromyopathy
disease > nervous system diseases > peripheral nerve disease > polyneuropathy > critical illness neuromyopathy

Preferred term

critical illness neuromyopathy  

Definition

  • Critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) and critical illness myopathy (CIM) are overlapping syndromes of diffuse, symmetric, flaccid muscle weakness occurring in critically ill patients and involving all extremities and the diaphragm with relative sparing of the cranial nerves. (Wikipedia)

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Synonym(s)

  • critical illness myopathy
  • critical illness polyneuropathy

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/VH8-DHDL1C3C-0

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