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The effectiveness of the sarcopenia index in predicting septic shock and death in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) causes high morbidity and mortality in all age groups worldwide. Lower muscle radiodensity was associated with worse clinical outcomes (including shock) and higher in-hospital mortality. Prompt detection of sarcopenia in older adults with CAP is importa...

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Autores principales: Huang, Sha, Zhao, Lingdan, Liu, Zhaoyuan, Li, Yang, Wang, Xi, Li, Jianqun, Chen, Xiaoyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9020066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35439963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03029-z