Clinical review: peripheral muscular ultrasound in the ICU

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Formenti, Paolo ^a,b   Umbrello, Michele ^a,b   Coppola, Silvia ^a,b   Froio, Sara ^a,b   Chiumello, Davide ^a,b  

^a SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ICU acquired weakness; Muscle cross sectional area; Muscle echointensity; Muscle layer thickness; Pennation angle; Peripheral muscular ultrasound; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANATOMY; BIOENERGY; CATABOLISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOWER LIMB; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PENNATION ANGLE; PERIPHERAL MUSCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; UPPER LIMB;

EID: 85065844680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-019-0531-x     Document Type: Review

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