Skeletal muscle ultrasound in critical care: A tool in need of translation

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1495-1503

  Mourtzakis, Marina ^a   Parry, Selina ^b   Connolly, Bronwen ^b,c,d   Puthucheary, Zudin ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Intensive care; Muscle atrophy; Muscle cross sectional area; Muscle thickness

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MUSCLE ATROPHY;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85030465507     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201612-967PS     Document Type: Review

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