Mechanisms underlying ICU muscle wasting and effects of passive mechanical loading

Table 1 Clinical history and medications used by each ICU patient

Patient	Age (years)	Gender	Start respirator before study (days)	Biopsy time (days)^a	Primary disease	History	Pharmacology	SAPS II
M1	56	F	2	8	Intraventricular hemorrhage	Whiplash, status asthmaticus, COPD	Corticosteroids, antibiotics	37
M2	62	M	2	9	Acute subdural hematoma	Hypertony, alcoholic	Antibiotics	50
M3	67	M	2	8	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Hypertony	Antibiotics	41
M4	62	F	3	9	Intracerebral hemorrhage (left)	Fibromyalgia, hypertony, hypothyroidism	Antibiotics	41
M5	63	F	0	9	Intraventricular hemorrhage	Diabetes, obesity, hypertony, COPD	Antibiotics	39
M6	59	F	1	11	Cerebellar hemorrhage		Antibiotics	34
M7	62	M	2	7	Bilateral cerebellar infarction		Antibiotics	42

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; F, female; M, male; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score. ^aAfter the intervention started.

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