Validation of Bedside Ultrasound of Muscle Layer Thickness of the Quadriceps in the Critically Ill Patient (VALIDUM Study)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 171-180

  Paris, Michael T ^a   Mourtzakis, Marina ^a   Day, Andrew ^b   Leung, Roger ^b   Watharkar, Snehal ^a   Kozar, Rosemary ^c   Earthman, Carrie ^d   Kuchnia, Adam ^d   Dhaliwal, Rupinder ^b   Moisey, Lesley ^a   Compher, Charlene ^e,f   Martin, Niels ^g   Nicolo, Michelle ^g   White, Tom ^h   Roosevelt, Hannah ⁱ   Peterson, Sarah ⁱ   Heyland, Daren K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; critical illness; intensive care unit; muscle atrophy; muscle thickness; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE LAYER THICKNESS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; THIRD LUMBAR VERTEBRA; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDATION STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85011565911     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: 19412444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607116637852     Document Type: Article

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