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. 2020 Sep 4;99(36):e22013.
doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022013.

Prevalence and risk factors for intensive care unit acquired weakness: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zheng Li  1 , Qian Zhang  2 , Peng Zhang  3 , Ruixiang Sun  3 , Haijiao Jiang  3 , JingJing Wan  1 , Fang Wu  1 , Xiaoye Wang  3 , Xiubin Tao  1   3
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Prevalence and risk factors for intensive care unit acquired weakness: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Zheng Li et al. Medicine (Baltimore). .

Abstract

Background: Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is an acquired neuromuscular lesion and a common occurrence in patients who are critically ill. We will systematically summarize and incorporate the important risk factors and prevalence from previously published multivariate analyses for ICU-AW.

Methods: We will search the PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane library to identify the relevant studies about the prevalence and risk factors for ICU-AW. Two reviewers will independently review the studies for eligibility according to the inclusion criteria. Two reviewers will independently assess the quality of studies by using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale for nonrandomized studies. Heterogeneity among studies will be estimated by the I statistic.

Results: This systematic review and meta-analysis will provide an evidence of prevalence and risk factors for the ICU-AW.

Conclusion: We hope that our research will contribute to clinicians and public decision making about the ICU-AW.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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