Open AccessAssociation between electromyographical findings and intensive care unit mortality among mechanically ventilated acute respiratory distress syndrome patients under profound sedation
Author(s) -
Cassiano Teixeira,
Régis Goulart Rosa,
Juçara Gasparetto Maccari,
Augusto Savi,
Francisco Tellechea Rotta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista brasileira de terapia intensiva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.431
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1982-4335
pISSN - 0103-507X
DOI - 10.5935/0103-507x.20190087
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , intensive care unit , sedation , anesthesia , critical illness polyneuropathy , myopathy , prospective cohort study , intensive care , surgery , intensive care medicine , critical illness , critically ill
To evaluate whether electromyographical findings could predict intensive care unit mortality among mechanically ventilated septic patients under profound sedation.