Acquired weakness in the intensive care unit: "the long and winding road" to regain a normal life

Symposium
Chairs: S. Nava (Pavia, Italy), A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain)
Aims: Elaborate pathophysiology, clinical impact, specific methods of rehabilitation and long-term outcome of those patients undergoing prolonged intensive care unit stay.

Understanding mechanisms of critical illness: skeletal and respiratory muscle dysfunction T. Vassilakopoulos (Attiki, Greece)
Diagnosis of critical illness acquired weakness N. Latronico (Brescia, Italy)
Can we rehabilitate the critically ill patients with acquired weakness? R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
Physical and psychological recovery after critical illness J. Kress (Chicago, United States of America)