Early shoulder-girdle MRI findings in severe COVID-19-related intensive care unit-acquired weakness: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe clinical and early shoulder-girdle MR imaging findings in severe COVID-19-related intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) after ICU discharge.

Methods

A single-center prospective cohort study of all consecutive patients with COVID-19-related ICU-AW from November 2020 to June 2021. All patients underwent similar clinical evaluations and shoulder-girdle MRI within the first month and then 3 months (± 1 month) after ICU discharge.

Results

We included 25 patients (14 males; mean [SD] age 62.4 [12.5]). Within the first month after ICU discharge, all patients showed severe proximal predominant bilateral muscular weakness (mean Medical Research Council total score = 46.5/60 [10.1]) associated with bilateral, peripheral muscular edema-like MRI sig

SUBMITTER: Daste C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010198 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature