ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF CRITICAL ILLNESS NEUROPATHY

Course overview

ALTHOUGH NOT OFTEN PERFORMED, THE GOLD STANDARD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CRITICAL ILLNESS NEUROPATHY REMAINS ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHICH INCLUDES NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES AND NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY. THIS ACTIVITY DESCRIBES THE INVALUABLE ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC FINDINGS OF BOTH NERVE CONDUCTION TESTS AS WELL AS NEEDLE EMG STUDIES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING PATIENTS WITH ICU RELATED CRITICAL ILLNESS NEUROPATHY (CIN).