Reliability of ultrasound measurements of quadriceps muscle thickness in critically ill patients

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Muscle wasting in critically ill patients is associated with negative clinical outcomes. Ultrasound quadriceps femoris muscle assessment may constitute a convenient tool to evaluate muscle wasting. Nevertheless, its reliability remains uncertain. Our primary aim was to study th...

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Autores principales: Pardo, Emmanuel, El Behi, Hanen, Boizeau, Priscilla, Verdonk, Franck, Alberti, Corinne, Lescot, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6309087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-018-0647-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6309087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30591032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-018-0647-9

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