Low skeletal muscle area as a prognostic marker for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly patients admitted to ICU

Low L3 skeletal muscle area (SMA), which is assessed on computed tomography (CT) images, has been reported to indicate poor clinical outcomes of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The dorsal muscle group area at the T12 vertebral level (T12DMA) was used...

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Autores principales: Zhi, Jiehua, Shan, Qing, Liang, Lanyu, Liu, Han, Huang, Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6911085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31836824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55737-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6911085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31836824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55737-z

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