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Showing papers by "Konrad J. Falke published in 2005"

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Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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Sven Bercker1, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Maria Deja, Claudia Grimm, Steffen Wolf, Friedrich Behse, Thilo Busch, Konrad J. Falke, Udo Kaisers •
Charité1
01 Apr 2005-Critical Care Medicine
TL;DR: In ARDS patients, paresis is a frequent complication causing prolonged mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit length of stay, and an association between hyperglycemia and CIP/CIM has been found.
Abstract: Objective:Critical illness polyneuropathy/myopathy (CIP/CIM) is frequently described in critically ill patients who survive severe sepsis. Clinically relevant paresis is major symptom of CIP/CIM. We aimed at determining risk factors and diagnostic value of electrophysiologic testing for CIP/CIM in p

165 citations

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The European Union Directive on Clinical Research: present status of implementation in EU member states' legislations with regard to the incompetent patient.

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François Lemaire, Julian Bion, J. Blanco, Pierre Damas, Christiane Druml, Konrad J. Falke, Jozef Kesecioglu, Anders Larsson, J. Mancebo, Dimitros Matamis, Antonio Pesenti, Jorge Pimentel, Marco Ranieri 
15 Feb 2005-Intensive Care Medicine
TL;DR: A new law or an amendment to existing law has already been incorporated in national statutes or is in the process of approval in The Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Spain and in other countries discussions and proposals are still not complete.
Abstract: A new law or an amendment to existing law has already been incorporated in national statutes or is in the process of approval in The Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Spain (Table 1). In other countries discussions and proposals are still not complete. In some countries the proposals are limited to drug research (as was intended by the Directive); in others (Belgium, France, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom) its scope has been broadened to include all types of research (epidemiology, genetics, pathophysiology, and observational studies).

87 citations