Thoracic skeletal muscle quantification: low muscle mass is related with worse prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia can contribute to negative outcomes in patients with various lung diseases. However, whether sarcopenia affects prognosis in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has not been reported. Simple measures of muscle mass, derived from chest computed tomography (CT), ar...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Moon, Sung Woo, Choi, Ji Soo, Lee, Sang Hoon, Jung, Kyung Soo, Jung, Ji Ye, Kang, Young Ae, Park, Moo Suk, Kim, Young Sam, Chang, Joon, Kim, Song Yee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6376641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30767787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1001-6

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6376641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30767787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-019-1001-6

Ejemplares similares