University of Maryland Medical System
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Medicine
Manual Muscle Testing: A Method of Measuring Extremity Muscle Strength Applied to Critically Ill Patients
Nancy Ciesla 1, Victor Dinglas 1, Eddy Fan 1,2, Michelle Kho 2,3, Jill Kuramoto 4, Dale Needham 1,2,3
1Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 2Critical Care Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital , 3Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, 4Department of Rehabilitation Services, University of Maryland Medical System
Survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and critical illness frequently develop long-lasting muscle weakness. Manual muscle testing (MMT) is a standardized clinical examination commonly used to measure strength of peripheral skeletal muscle groups. This video demonstrates MMT using the 6-point Medical Research Council scale.
Medicine
Measuring Cardiac Output in a Swine Model
Neerav Patel 1, Hossam Abdou 1, Joseph Edwards 1, Noha N. Elansary 1, Kelly Poe 1, Michael J. Richmond 1, Marta J. Madurska 1, Todd E. Rasmussen 2, Jonathan J. Morrison 1
1R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 2Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Thermodilution, pressure-volume loop catheters, and contrast ventriculography are reliable and accurate methods for determining cardiac physiology such as stroke volume and cardiac output in a laboratory setting in swine.
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