Ultrasound for the assessment of peripheral skeletal muscle architecture in critical illness: A systematic review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 897-905

  Connolly, Bronwen ^a,b,c   Macbean, Victoria ^a   Crowley, Clare ^a   Lunt, Alan ^a   Moxham, John ^a   Rafferty, Gerrard F ^a   Hart, Nicholas ^a,b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Intensive care; Skeletal muscle architecture; Skeletal muscle wasting; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PERIPHERAL SKELETAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84929515293     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000821     Document Type: Review

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