Abstract Background Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors often experience several
impairments in their physical, cognitive, and psychological health status, which are labeled …

Survival of critically unwell patients has improved in the last decade due to advances in
critical care medicine. Some of these survivors develop cognitive, psychiatric and/or physical …

A substantial number of patients admitted to the ICU because of an acute illness,
complicated surgery, severe trauma, or burn injury will develop a de novo form of muscle …

Rationale: Intensive care unit (ICU)-and mechanical ventilation (MV)-acquired limb muscle
and diaphragm dysfunction may both be associated with longer length of stay and worse …

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 …

Survivorship after critical illness is an increasingly important health-care concern as ICU use
continues to increase while ICU mortality is decreasing. Survivors of critical illness …

Background: Interventions that lead to earlier liberation from mechanical ventilation can
improve patient outcomes. This guideline, a collaborative effort between the American …

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 …

Purpose Diaphragm function is rarely studied in intensive care patients with unit-acquired
weakness (ICUAW) in whom weaning from mechanical ventilation is challenging. The aim of …