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ICU-AW [1 record]

Record 1 2024-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

[A] clinically detected weakness in critically ill patients in whom there is no plausible aetiology other than critical illness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Síndrome de debilidad muscular difusa y simétrica que se caracteriza por una disminución de la fuerza muscular, en general asociada a atrofia, de comienzo agudo, difuso, simétrico y generalizado, hiporreflexia o arreflexia que se desarrolla luego del comienzo de una enfermedad crítica, sin otra causa identificable.

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