Critical Illness Polyneuropathy

Anonymous
September 14, 2006 at 4:38 pm

I think Doc David would be better explaining this than me. All that I know that CIP is a common complication of sepsis and multiple organ failure. Its most common way of presentation is muscle weakness and difficulty weaning from a ventilator.:confused:

Critical Illness Polyneuropathy

Anonymous
September 13, 2006 at 2:25 pm

Hi everyone on this site and thanks for your messages especially DocDavid for is expert advice.
My mother whos name is Christine was rushed into hospital on February 10th of this year when she was diagnosed with Sepsis Neumonia. She had multiple organ failure and was in intensive care and on dialysis for about 1 month. It was really touch and go because on one weekend the doctors said that she was not going to survive because she was so sick. They gave her a drug called Xigris which is manufactured by a company called Lilly Pharmaceuticals which is prescribed for severe cases of sepsis which I know made her better, because all of a sudden she was beginning to improve in her condition. She is one lucky person to survive this because the doctors said she should not be alive. They began to bring her off the ventilator and she then had to have a tracheaostomy.
She is on various drugs including Gabapentin, but I would like more information especially off Doc David about IVIG immunoglobulins.

She is currently hoisted in and out of bed and is confined to a electric reclining chair until she has a powered wheelchair which we are waiting for at this present time.

Thanks again I hope you can help me.:)