Assessment of quadriceps muscle mass with ultrasound in critically ill patients: intra- and inter-observer agreement and sensitivity

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 562-563

  Segers, Johan ^a   Hermans, Greet ^b,c   Charususin, Noppawan ^a   Fivez, Tom ^c   Vanhorebeek, Ilse ^c   Van den Berghe, Greet ^c   Gosselink, Rik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR SIGNALING   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BELGIUM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BELGIUM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84925486420     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3668-6     Document Type: Letter

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