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A critical care follow-up service evaluation: Acquired peripheral nerve injury after admission with COVID-19 respiratory disease
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Article
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Journal of the Intensive Care Society; May 2023, Vol. 24 Issue: 2 p230-231, 2p
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17511437
Abstract
Anticipated sequelae of critical care admission for COVID-19 disease remain unclear. Our Edinburgh-based critical care follow-up service identified patterns with nerve injury in 13 of 35 patients who attended following a critical care admission between 15/03/2020 and 25/12/2020. This included 7 cases of meralgia parasthetica, 1 brachial plexopathy, 2 common peroneal neuropathies and 3 ulnar neuropathies. All cases of upper limb neuropathy and foot drop occurred in patients in whom prone positioning was used, with meralgia parasthetica occurring additionally in patients who remained supine.