Presence of Sarcopenia and Its Rate of Change Are Independently Associated with Long-term Mortality in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with liver cirrhosis. However, it is not known whether the rate of skeletal muscle depletion is also associated with a poor prognosis. We investigated the prognostic impact of the rate of skeletal muscle depletion in patients wit...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jeong, Jae Yoon, Lim, Sanghyeok, Sohn, Joo Hyun, Lee, Jae Gon, Jun, Dae Won, Kim, Yongsoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2018
Materias:
Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30534029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e299

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares