Direct Stimulation: a Useful Technique

Overview

Journal Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl

Specialty Anesthesiology

Date 2008 Apr 17

PMID 18289439

Citations 4

Authors

E Seghelini

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Abstract

Direct muscular stimulation is quick, simple, non-invasive and can be carried out at the patient's bedside. More importantly, it is reliable even when the patients cannot cooperate or are comatose. From the small amount of data available, it seems to be as accurate as neuromuscular biopsy in diagnosing critical illness myopathy. It would therefore be advisable to use it in everyday clinical practice.

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