Critical Illness Polyneuromyopathy Developing After Diabetic Ketoacidosis in an Intensive Care Unit

• Main Authors: Mehmet Salih Sevdi (Author), Meltem Turkay (Author), Tolga Totoz (Author), Serdar Demirgan (Author), Melahat Karatmanlı Erol (Author), Ali Özalp (Author), Kerem Erkalp (Author), Ayşin Alagöl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Galenos Yayinevi, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPNM) is a primary axonal-degenerative condition that occurs in sensory and motor fibers after the onset of a critical illness. It is thought that it develops due to tissue damage due to hypoxia/ischemia. When 24-year-old female patient was followed in the intens...