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A sarcopenia screening test predicts mortality in hospitalized older adults

The aim of this study is to investigate the validation of a sarcopenia screening test (Ishii’s formula) for predicting long-term mortality among older adult inpatients. A prospective, observational study was conducted in acute geriatric wards at three hospitals in western China. Sarcopenia was estim...

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Autores principales: Tang, Tianjiao, Wu, Linna, Yang, Ling, Jiang, Jiaojiao, Hao, Qiukui, Dong, Birong, Yang, Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21237-9