Stephen Williams, Iain A Horrocks, Robert A Ouvrier, Jonathan Gillis, Monique M Ryan
OBJECTIVE: To review the medical literature on critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy in childhood. DATA SOURCE: Medline and EMBASE were searched using the following terms: critical illness (neuropathy, polyneuropathy, and myopathy), critical care (neuropathy, polyneuropathy, and myopathy), acute myopathy, acute necrotizing myopathy, children, and pediatric. The references listed in publications thus identified were also reviewed. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION: All studies relating to pediatric critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy were included...
January 2007: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine