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[Polyneuropathies during prolonged stays in resuscitation].

Abstract
Extensive multiple neuropathies were observed in four patients after prolonged stay in intensive care units. Date of onset of the multiple disorders was difficult to determine due to disturbed consciousness of all patients during the first few weeks of intensive care: it was probably between the 10th and 30th days. Electrophysiological examinations in the 4 patients, and ultrastructural study of musculocutaneous nerve of leg in 2 cases, suggested an acute axonal lesion. All patients survived the causal affection which had justified prolonged intensive care, 3 recovering from the multiple neuropathy within 3 to 4 months, the last patient having marked neuromuscular sequelae. Several factors can be incriminated at the origin of this multiple neuropathy. Whereas retrospective studies allowed exclusion of a toxic, infectious or drug-related cause, severe nutritional deficiencies existed; proteins in all cases and vitamins in one patient despite enteral re-nutrition judged as satisfactory. Additionally, a role for a previous lesion of peripheral nerves from chronic hypoxia was possible in 2 cases as well as for a non-insulin dependent diabetes in one of these two patients. A rarely reported but probably not exceptional complication, diagnosis is assisted by early electrophysiologic exploration. Correction of nutritional disorders may require parenteral feeding exclusively, this possibly accelerating neurologic recovery, as proposed in the several rare studies reported in the literature.
AuthorsM Barat, B Brochet, C Vital, J M Mazaux, L Arné
JournalRevue neurologique (Rev Neurol (Paris)) Vol. 143 Issue 12 Pg. 823-31 ( 1987) ISSN: 0035-3787 [Print] France
Vernacular TitlePolyneuropathies au cours de séjours prolongés en réanimation.
PMID3326111 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Topics
  • Aged
  • Deficiency Diseases (complications)
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia (complications)
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nervous System Diseases (diagnosis, etiology)
  • Peripheral Nerves (pathology)
  • Respiratory Insufficiency (complications)
  • Resuscitation

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