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Association Between Low Serum Creatinine and Mortality in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Introduction: Muscle mass may be a better predictor of mortality than BMI in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Serum creatinine depends on muscle mass and renal function; low values may predict higher mortality. Objective: To determine whether there is an association between low serum cr...

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Autores principales: Afzal, Abdul B, Khalid, Saifudin, Baksi, Saumitra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9584633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36304352
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29376