Lumbar skeletal muscle index derived from routine computed tomography exams predict adverse post-extubation outcomes in critically ill patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue , 2018, Pages 117-123

  Fuchs, Georg ^a,b   Thevathasan, Tharusan ^a   Chretien, Yves R ^a   Mario, Julia ^a   Piriyapatsom, Annop ^a   Schmidt, Ulrich ^a,c   Eikermann, Matthias ^a,d   Fintelmann, Florian J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse discharge disposition; Extubation; Hospital costs; Lumbar skeletal muscle index; Mortality; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DISCHARGE DISPOSITION; AGE; APACHE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SKELETAL MUSCLE INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMICS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85042505224     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.10.033     Document Type: Article

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