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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 1 Clinical, electrophysiological and ultrasonographic data of patients at the two evaluations

From: The use of muscle ultrasound to detect critical illness myopathy in patients with sepsis: an observational cohort study

 

1st evaluation (n = 40)

2nd evaluation (n = 40)

P-value

SOFA

7 (3)

5 (6)

0.421

MRC (total sum score)

53 (4)

44 (10)

< 0.001*

Abnormal NCS

16 (40%)

32 (80%)

< 0.001*

Myopathic EMG

24 (60%)

38 (95%)

< 0.001*

Abnormal U/S echo

28 (70%)

40 (100%)

< 0.001*

U/S echogenicity Grade

13 (6)

20 (3)

< 0.001*

  1. Median values (interquartile range) or numbers (percentage %) are shown. Paired data were compared by Wilcoxon test (quantitative data) or McNemar test (qualitative data). *P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  2. SOFA Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment, MRC Medical Research Council Score, NCS nerve conduction studies, EMG electromyography, U/S ultrasonography
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