Intra- and inter-observer reliability of quadriceps muscle thickness measured with bedside ultrasonography by critical care physicians

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 448-452

  Hadda, Vijay ^a   Khilnani, Gopi C ^a   Kumar, Rohit ^a   Dhunguna, Ashesh ^a   Mittal, Saurabh ^a   Khan, Maroof Ahmad ^a   Madan, Karan ^a   Mohan, Anant ^a   Guleria, Randeep ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Critical care physicians; muscle thickness; quadriceps; reliability; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE THICKNESS; PNEUMONIA; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 85025114271     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_426_16     Document Type: Article

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