Critical Illness Neuropathy (original) (raw)

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2001

Abstract

Critical illness neuropathy frequently accompanies the septic syndrome in intensive care units. Another entity that may occur independently or concurrently in critically ill patients is a myopathy, giving rise to difficulties in distinguishing between them. The two patients described had sensorimotor axonal peripheral neuropathy. Axonopathy as a rule has a poor prognosis for recovery, which is slow and often incomplete. There are few reports of the functional outcome after rehabilitation therapy. The two patients described had 5-6 weeks of active rehabilitation therapy with improvement from moderate/severe disability at the onset to slight debility at the end of therapy.

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