Psoas Muscle Area Measured with Computed Tomography at Admission to Intensive Care Unit: Prediction of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism

AIM: Sarcopenia, a core component of physical frailty, is an independent risk factor for suboptimal health outcomes in hospitalized patients, especially in the intensive care patients. Psoas muscle areas can be assessed to identify sarcopenia. The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic va...

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Autores principales: Akkoc, Ibrahim, Toptas, Mehmet, Yalcin, Mazhar, Demir, Eren, Toptas, Yasar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7081019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32219127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1586707

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7081019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32219127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/1586707

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