Description

Stevens et al listed criteria for the diagnosis of Critical Illness Neuromyopathy (CINM) in a patient with intensive care unit-acquired weakness. The authors are from the Johns Hopkins University, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Ohio State University, Centre Hospitalier de Poissy-Saint-Germain and University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines Garches.


 

Diagnostic criteria for CINM - all 3 of the following:

(1) The patient meets the criteria for ICUAW (see above).

(2) The patient meets the criteria for probable or definite critical illness myopathy (see above).

(3) The patient meets the criteria for critical illness polyneuropathy (see above).

 


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