Skeletal muscle predicts ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, and mortality in elderly ICU patients
Critical Care2013Vol. 17(5), pp. R206–R206
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Lesley L. Moisey, Marina Mourtzakis, Bryan A. Cotton, Tahira Premji, Daren K. Heyland, Charles E. Wade, Eileen M. Bulger, Rosemary A. Kozar
Abstract
Sarcopenia is highly prevalent in the elderly population with traumatic injuries. Traditional measures of nutritional assessment, such as BMI and serum albumin, do not accurately predict outcome in the injured elderly. Sarcopenia, however, represents a potential new predictor for mortality, discharge disposition, and ICU utilization. Measurement of muscularity allows for the early identification of at-risk patients who may benefit from aggressive and multidisciplinary nutritional and rehabilitative strategies.
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