Comparing the Performance of Calf Circumference, Albumin, and BMI for Predicting Mortality in Immobile Patients

BACKGROUND: Immobile patients often suffer from malnutrition and low calf circumference (CC), a potential surrogate marker of low muscle mass, which has been widely explored as a link with mortality among patients with inconsistent results. In addition, studies comparing CC, BMI, and albumin to pred...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Xiao-Ming, Wu, Xinjuan, Ma, Yunfen, Zhu, Chen, Cao, Jing, Liu, Ge, Li, Fang-Fang, Cheng, Andy S K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8180277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34104019
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S311692

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8180277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34104019
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S311692

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