Journal article
COVID‐19‐Associated Critical Illness Myopathy with Direct Viral Effects
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 infection) can lead to intensive care unit (ICU) admission and critical illness myopathy (CIM). We examined 3 ICU patients with COVID-19 who required mechanical ventilation for pneumonia and developed CIM. Pathological examination of the skeletal muscle biopsies revealed myopathic changes consistent with CIM, variable inflammation with autophagic …
Authors
Dodig D; Tarnopolsky MA; Margeta M; Gordon K; Fritzler MJ; Lu J
Journal
Annals of Neurology, Vol. 91, No. 4, pp. 568–574
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2022
DOI
10.1002/ana.26318
ISSN
0364-5134