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A 50-year-old female developed quadriplegia due to critical illness neuromyopathy following cardiac valve surgery, which resolved slowly over 2 months with rehabilitation.
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Critical illness neuromyopathy is a severe but potentially reversible complication following cardiac surgery that requires early electrophysiologic diagnosis and rehabilitation.
Indicates reversibility of post-cardiac surgery neuromyopathy with rehabilitation; leaves open incidence, prevention, and screening data.
Critical illness neuromyopathy (CINM) is a sporadically reported disease in the setting of an intensive care unit developing in the process of managing a critical illness. The disease primarily affects the motor and sensory axons and results in severe limb weakness rendering ventilator weaning extremely difficult. We report a case of CINM after cardiac valve surgery. Quadriplegia developed after the operation and resolved slowly over the following 2 months. The patient was discharged home free of neurologic symptoms.
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Baek et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Critical illness neuromyopathy (n=1). Cardiac surgery and intensive care was evaluated on Development and resolution of critical illness neuromyopathy. A 50-year-old female developed quadriplegia due to critical illness neuromyopathy following cardiac valve surgery, which resolved slowly over 2 months with rehabilitation.
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