Table 1. Patients’ characteristics.
| Patient |
Admission diagnosis | Admission GCS |
ICU complications | Nerve conduction study | IENF per mm (lower limit of normality) |
Sweat gland innervation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Gender, age | Eye-Motor-Verbal | proximal thigh | distal leg | ||||
| 1 | M, 55 y | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 1-6-1 | VAP, UTI, CRBSI, sepsis | Axonal sensory-motor neuropathy | 4.3 (12.8) | 2.6 (3.5) | Reduced |
| 2 | M, 48 y | Head trauma | 2-5-1 | VAP, sepsis | Myopathy | 5.6 (12.8) | 2.7 (4.4) | Reduced |
| 3 | M, 74 y | Hemorrhagic shock, hypotensive encephalopathy | 2-1-1 | VAP, septic shock | Axonal sensory-motor neuropathy | 0 (12.8) | 1.2 (2.1) | Reduced |
| 4 | M, 56 y | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 1-1-1 | VAP, sepsis, SE | Axonal sensory-motor neuropathy | 6.3 (12.8) | 2.6 (3.5) | Reduced |
| 5 | F, 47 y | Intracerebral hemorrhage | 3-6-1 | VAP, sepsis | Axonal sensory-motor neuropathy | 6.3 (12.8) | 1.7 (5.7) | Reduced |
| 6 | M, 56 y | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 1-5-1 | VAP, UTI, CRBSI, sepsis, MOF, DCI-CI | Myopathy | 7.2 (12.8) | 1.9 (3.5) | Normal |
| 7 | F, 66 y | Ischemic stroke | 4-5-1 | VAP, CRBSI, sepsis, MOF | Myopathy | 1.6 (12.8) | 0.2 (3.2) | Reduced |
| 8 | F, 77 y | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 3-6-3 | EVD-meningitis, sepsis, MOF | Myopathy | 7.0 (12.8) | 1.4 (2.2) | Reduced |
| 9 | M, 62 y | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 3-6-1 | Central hyperthermia, DCI-CI | Normal findings | 0 (12.8) | 0 (2.8) | Reduced |
| 10 | F, 71 y | Neurosurgery (pituitary adenoma) | 3-6-2 | Cerebral ischemia | Myopathy | 2.2 (12.8) | 0.6 (2.2) | not available |
| 11 | M, 45 y | Cranio-facial trauma | 1-5-2 | VAP, septic shock | Normal findings | 2.5 (12.8) | 1.7 (4.4) | Reduced |
| 12 | F, 77 y | Subdural abscess | 1-5-1 | Sepsis | Myopathy | 3.0 (12.8) | 1.7 (2.2) | Reduced |
| 13 | F, 41 y | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 1-3-1 | Meningitis, VAP, sepsis | Myopathy | 4.6 (12.8) | 3.7 (5.7) | Reduced |
| 14 | F, 58 y | Neurosurgery (meningioma) | 3-6-1 | UTI, sepsis | Myopathy | 1.1 (12.8) | 1.3 (4.3) | Reduced |
GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale. ICU, intensive care unit. IENFD, intraepidermal nerve fibers; mRS, modified Rankin Scale: 0= no symptoms; 1= significant disability despite symptoms; 2, 3= mild or moderate disability; 4= moderate-to-severe disability; 5= severe disability; 6=dead. VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia; UTI: urinary tract infection; CRBSI: catheter-related bloodstream infection. SE: status epilepticus. EVD-meningitis: meningitis associated with external ventricular drainage. DCI-CI: delayed cerebral ischemia with cerebral infarction.