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Neuromuscular specialist & Myopathologist at @MayoClinic, #NIH K08 awardee, Mitochondriac. #Family #Food #Fun #Travel | Work ⚖️ Life| Tweets my own.
Jan 7, 2021 9 tweets 5 min read
Since #COVID hit, we're hearing a lot about critical illness #myopathy (CIM). Follow this tweetorial that will cover the basic aspect of CIM. Photos below are from a patient with COVID-related CIM. CIM is a syndrome rather than a distinct entity. It refers to patients who develop a myopathy while being critically ill. The classic characteristic histologic finding is that of "myosinolysis" or loss of myosin.