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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar;42(3):1119-1121.
doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04820-9. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Critical illness neuro-myopathy (CINM) and focal amyotrophy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with SARS-CoV-2: a case series

Nicola Alessandro Nasuelli  1 , Roberto Pettinaroli  2 , Laura Godi  2 , Claudio Savoini  3 , Fabiola De Marchi  4 , Letizia Mazzini  4 , Federico Crimaldi  5 , Aline Pagni  5 , Cleta Patrizia Pompa  5 , Davide Colombo  5
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Critical illness neuro-myopathy (CINM) and focal amyotrophy in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with SARS-CoV-2: a case series

Nicola Alessandro Nasuelli et al. Neurol Sci. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

We found four patients with some characteristic phenotype in our ICU, characterized by focal hypotrophies of the shoulder girdle and the bilateral peroneal district and underlying critical illness neuro-myopathy. In our opinion, these hypotrophies are secondary to the prone position. Is our intention to start early treatment protocol with electrostimulation to evaluate the effectiveness in the prevention of critical illness and focal hypotrophies in ICU SARS-CoV-2 patients, to increase chances of returning to a preinfection functional status.

Keywords: COVID-19; Critical illness neuro-myopathy; Intensive care unit; Pandemic; Sars-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Bilateral severe upper girdle hypotrophy (patient n. 2)
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