Debilidad Adquirida en La Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos: Weakness Acquired in The Intensive Care Unit
Debilidad Adquirida en La Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos: Weakness Acquired in The Intensive Care Unit
Debilidad Adquirida en La Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos: Weakness Acquired in The Intensive Care Unit
RESUMEN ABSTRACT
La debilidad adquirida en la unidad de cuidados intensivos (DAUCI) es una pa- The intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICUAW) is a frequent pathology in
tología frecuente en el paciente crítico, la cual lleva consecuentemente al au- critically ill patients, which consequently leads to an increase in morbidity, mor-
mento de la morbimortalidad, días de internación y de ventilación mecánica. La tality, days of hospitalization and mechanical ventilation. The use of deep seda-
utilización de sedación profunda y la aparición de diversas intercurrencias tales tion and the appearance of various intercurrences such as sepsis and delirium
como sepsis y delirio son considerados factores de riesgo que llevan a la inmo- are considered risk factors that lead to immobilization. The appearance of new
vilización. La aparición de nuevo métodos de prevención, como la movilización methods of prevention, such as early mobilization and the use of electrical neu-
precoz y la utilización de estimulación neuromuscular eléctrica, parecen ser la romuscular stimulation, seem to be the key to avoid the presence of ICUAW.
clave para evitar la presencia de DAUCI.
Keywords: acquired weakness, intensive care unit, rehabilitation.
Palabras clave: debilidad adquirida, unidad de cuidados intensivos,
rehabilitación.
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