Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness in Children: A Prospective Observational Study Using Simplified Serial Electrophysiological Testing (PEDCIMP Study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

To study the incidence and time of onset of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in a prospective cohort of children (2-12 years) by serial simplified electrophysiological assessment (Pediatric Critical Illness Myopathy Polyneuropathy study, PEDCIMP).

Methods

A single-center, prospective cohort study (Trial Registry Number: NCT02763709; PEDCIMP2016) was conducted at the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in North India. A complete electrophysiological evaluation (4 motor nerves and 2 sensory nerves) was performed at baseline in children (2-12 years) admitted to the ICU with a pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) of > 20 with more than 24-h stay. Following the entry evaluation, a minimal alternate day simplified electrophysiological testing o

SUBMITTER: Kasinathan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7538369 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature