Neuromuscular disorders: relevance to anaesthesia and intensive care |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Thoracic Oncology, Pleural Diseases, and Interventional Pulmonology, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France;2. Department of Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, La Timone, Marseille, France;3. Thoracic Surgery Department, Marseille Lung Transplant Group, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France;4. School of Medicine, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France |
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| Abstract: | Neuromuscular diseases are relatively rare, but it is important for both anaesthetists and intensivists to have a working knowledge of the common diseases as they may complicate general anaesthesia and result in neurogenic respiratory failure. The most common neurological condition seen in the intensive care unit is that of critical illness neuropathy; this subject is covered elsewhere in the journal. The diseases most commonly encountered in general anaesthetic practice include motor neurone disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, botulism, myasthenia gravis and the muscular dystrophies. |
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| Keywords: | Anaesthesia botulism Guillain-Barré motor neurone disease muscular dystrophy myasthenia gravis neuromuscular disease neuromuscular junction |
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