Status:

COMPLETED

Critical Illness Neuromuscular Abnormalities in Neurocritical Care Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Clinical Institute of the Brain, Russia

Collaborating Sponsors:

City Hospital No 40, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Conditions:

Muscle Weakness

Critical Illness

Eligibility:

All Genders

16+ years

Brief Summary

The aim of this research is to investigate critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities in neurocritical care patients.

Detailed Description

Since 1984, the problem of critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities (CINMAs) has attracted considerable interest. According to these studies, CINMAs include the muscular weakness that accompanies ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age: 16 years and older
  • Acute primary cerebral pathology
  • Mechanical ventilation
  • Signs of systemic inflammatory response
  • Exclusion of the possibility of an initial pathology of the spinal cord, peripheral nervous system and muscles in past medical history

Exclusion

  • Brain stem or bilateral hemispheric lesions with tetraparesis at the onset of illness
  • Inability to perform high-grade nerve conduction studies

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2004

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

135 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00893633

Start Date

March 1 2004

End Date

January 1 2007

Last Update

July 10 2009

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Clinical Institute of the Brain

Yekaterinburg, Russia, 620026