Search Results - "Bierbrauer, Jeffrey"
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Long-term recovery In critical illness myopathy is complete, contrary to polyneuropathy
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-09-2014)“…ABSTRACT Introduction: Muscle weakness in critically ill patients after discharge varies. It is not known whether the electrophysiological distinction between…”
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Smoking and structural brain deficits: a volumetric MR investigation
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-09-2006)“…Growing evidence from animal studies indicates brain‐damaging properties of nicotine exposure. Investigations in humans found a wide range of functional…”
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A possible new diagnostic biomarker in early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Published in Current Alzheimer research (01-12-2009)“…Early diagnosis in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is of great importance since only a sufficient treatment in early stages of this disease helps to…”
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Intensive care unit—acquired weakness (ICUAW) and muscle wasting in critically ill patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-12-2010)“…Sepsis presents a major health care problem and remains one of the leading causes of death within the intensive care unit (ICU). Therapeutic approaches against…”
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Critical Illness Myopathy and GLUT4: Significance of Insulin and Muscle Contraction
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-02-2013)“…Critical illness myopathy (CIM) has no known cause and no treatment. Immobilization and impaired glucose metabolism are implicated. We assessed signal…”
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Critical illness myopathy is frequent: accompanying neuropathy protracts ICU discharge
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry (01-03-2011)“…ObjectivesNeuromuscular dysfunction in critically ill patients is attributed to either critical illness myopathy (CIM) or critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP)…”
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Early type II fiber atrophy in intensive care unit patients with nonexcitable muscle membrane
Published in Critical care medicine (01-02-2012)“…OBJECTIVE:Intensive care unit-acquired weakness indicates increased morbidity and mortality. Nonexcitable muscle membrane after direct muscle stimulation…”
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Critical illness polyneuropathy in ICU patients is related to reduced motor nerve excitability caused by reduced sodium permeability
Published in Intensive care medicine experimental (01-12-2016)“…Background Reduced motor and sensory nerve amplitudes in critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) are characteristic features described in electrophysiological…”
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Insulin resistance and protein catabolism in critically ill patients
Published in Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS (01-04-2011)“…Hyperglycemia is a frequently observed phenomenon in critically ill patients, affecting numerous patients without a history of impaired glucose tolerance or…”
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