Medical Research Council-sumscore: a tool for evaluating muscle weakness in patients with post-intensive care syndrome

• Published in: Critical care (London, England) Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 1 - 562
• Main Authors: Turan, Zeynep, Topaloglu, Mahir, Ozyemisci Taskiran, Ozden
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 18.09.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Care and treatment; Coronaviruses; Councils; COVID-19; Critical care; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Intensive care; Letter; Literature reviews; Medical research; Mortality; Muscle weakness; Rehabilitation

Nearly 66% of COVID-19 patients have clinically important muscle weakness following discharge [1]. [...]communication between the critical care and rehabilitation physician is important to evaluate the physical function of COVID-19 survivors to start rehabilitation timely. [...]MRC-sumscore is a val...