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Bedside ultrasound is a practical measurement tool for assessing muscle mass

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the intra- and inter-reliability and the ease of measuring the quadriceps muscle thickness using bedside ultrasound. METHODS: This is a prospective, observational study. The assessment of quadriceps muscle thickness was performed at two reference points and was quantified usin...

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Autores principales: Toledo, Diogo Oliveira, Silva, Débora Carneiro de Lima e, dos Santos, Dyaiane Marques, de Freitas, Branca Jardini, Dib, Rogério, Cordioli, Ricardo Luiz, Figueiredo, Evandro José de Almeida, Piovacari, Silvia Maria Fraga, Silva Jr., João Manoel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29340537
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20170071