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A pilot observational study measuring acute sarcopenia in older colorectal surgery patients

OBJECTIVE: To explore variability in acute changes in muscle mass and function in older patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery, as well as feasibility of measures, in order to refine study processes to inform the protocol for a larger study. RESULTS: Results are presented for seven particip...

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Autores principales: Welch, Carly, Greig, Carolyn A., Hassan-Smith, Zaki K., Pinkney, Thomas D., Lord, Janet M., Jackson, Thomas A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6332645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30642375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4049-y