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Figure 1 | Critical Care

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From: A stronger approach to weakness in the intensive care unit

Figure 1

A flow chart giving an approach to generalized weakness and/or ventilatory failure in the intensive care unit. CK, creatine kinase; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; GBS, Guillain–Barré syndrome; EMG, electromyography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; LEMS, Lambert–Eaton (myasthenic) syndrome; MG, myasthenia gravis; NCV, nerve conduction velocity studies; N-M, neuromuscular transmission; SNAPs, sensory nerve action potentials. Modified from Bolton and Young [16].

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