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Four children with prolonged dependency on a ventilator were found to have reversible quadriparesis,muscle wasting,and hyporeflexia after 8 to 20 days of assisted ventilation for life-threatening sepsis or respiratory failure.Critical illness neuromuscular disease,which was recently recognized as a distinct clinical syndrome in adults,may also be manifested in children by prolonged ventilatory dependency. |
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