Evaluate the accuracy, in the diagnosis of critical illness myopathy and / or neuropathy, of the simplified peroneal nerve test performed by a neurophysiopathology technician or by a neurophysiopathology doctor (as the gold standard) compared to the exam performed by an intensivist.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
130
Spedali Civili
Brescia, Italy
sensitivity and specificity of peroneal nerve test performed by a neurophysiopathologist compared to peroneal nerve test performed by an intensivist when peroneal nerve test is dichotomised in normal or abnormal
DTComPair-package in R
Time frame: up to the comlpete execution of the two peroneal nerve exams,at most an hour
specificity of peroneal nerve test performed by a neurophysiopathologist compared to peroneal nerve test performed by an intensivist when peroneal nerve test is dichotomised in normal or abnormal
DTComPair-package in R
Time frame: up to the comlpete execution of the two peroneal nerve exams, at most an hour
evaluation of concordance between peroneal nerve test performed by an intensivist compared to peroneal nerve test performed by a neurophysiopathologist considering the test as a continuous variable
It will be performed either using Bland-Altman plot and mix model effect
Time frame: up to the comlpete execution of the two peroneal nerve exams, at most an hour
correlation between hospital mortality and abnormal peroneal nerve test
Anova
Time frame: up to hospital discharge, an average of 6 months
correlation between hospital discharge destination and abnormal peroneal nerve test
Anova
Time frame: up to hospital discharge, an average of 6 months
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