A critical care follow-up service evaluation: Acquired peripheral nerve injury after admission with COVID-19 respiratory disease | Zendy

Ellen C Barton | Zendy; Gearóid Crosbie | Zendy; Sophie Hobson | Zendy; Janis Harvey | Zendy; Ahmad Abu-Arafeh | Zendy; John Andrew Livesey | Zendy; Elizabeth Wilson | Zendy

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A critical care follow-up service evaluation: Acquired peripheral nerve injury after admission with COVID-19 respiratory disease

Author(s) -

Ellen C Barton,

Gearóid Crosbie,

Sophie Hobson,

Janis Harvey,

Ahmad Abu-Arafeh,

John Andrew Livesey,

Elizabeth Wilson

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of the intensive care society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 2057-360X

pISSN - 1751-1437

DOI - 10.1177/17511437221075291

Subject(s) - medicine , supine position , covid-19 , peripheral neuropathy , disease , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology

Anticipated sequelae of critical care admission for COVID-19 disease remain unclear. Our Edinburgh-based critical care follow-up service identified patterns with nerve injury in 13 of 35 patients who attended following a critical care admission between 15/03/2020 and 25/12/2020. This included 7 cases of meralgia parasthetica, 1 brachial plexopathy, 2 common peroneal neuropathies and 3 ulnar neuropathies. All cases of upper limb neuropathy and foot drop occurred in patients in whom prone positioning was used, with meralgia parasthetica occurring additionally in patients who remained supine.

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