Critically ill patients often acquire neuropathy and/or myopathy labeled ICU-acquired
weakness. The current insights into incidence, pathophysiology, diagnostic tools, risk …

Diaphragm weakness is highly prevalent in critically ill patients. It may exist prior to ICU
admission and may precipitate the need for mechanical ventilation but it also frequently …

Objective: To update and expand the 2013 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management
of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the ICU. Design:

Background Muscular weakness and/or muscle wasting is recognized as a key medical
problem in critically ill patients on intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Methods and …

Purpose To assess the independent association between ICU-acquired neuromuscular
complications and 5-year mortality and morbidity. To explore the optimal threshold of the …

Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) occurs in critically ill patients stemming from
the critical illness itself, and results in sustained disability long after the ICU stay. Weakness …

Background Fatigue is commonly reported by ARDS survivors, but empirical data are
scarce. Research Question This study evaluated fatigue prevalence and associated …

Intensive care unit–acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is the most common neuromuscular
impairment in critically ill patients. We discuss critical aspects of ICU-AW that have not been …

Background Patients liberated from invasive mechanical ventilation are at risk of extubation
failure, including inability to breathe without a tracheal tube (airway failure) or without …

Despite having the tools and techniques for tracheal intubation for> 4000 years [1], and
performing oral intubation with positive pressure mechanical ventilation for> 50 years [2] …