Assessment of skeletal muscle mass in critically ill patients: Considerations for the utility of computed tomography imaging and ultrasonography

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 125-130

  Paris, Michael ^a   Mourtzakis, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ICU; muscle atrophy; muscle attenuation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BODY COMPOSITION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84957438651     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000259     Document Type: Review

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