Figure 1
Electrophysiological parameters of neuromuscular function of patients and controls. (A) Distribution of CMAP-amplitudes recorded from the upper extremity (ADM, bilateral) among patients and controls. (B) Distribution of CMAP-amplitudes recorded from the lower extremity (EDM, bilateral). (C) The number of recording sites giving SNAPs or CMAPs of regular amplitude was summed up for each patient. The distribution of patients or controls according to their individual sum score is displayed. For patients, separate distributions are shown based upon the measurements done at the 3rd and on the 10th day of their critical illness. (D) ADM-CMAPs recorded at day 10 and averaged from both sides in patients with and w/o ICU-AW. Red bars depict mean values. Differences between all patients and all healthy controls and differences between ICUAWā+ā/ā subjects were separately tested with t-tests for independent samples.
