Poor performance of psoas muscle index for identification of patients with higher waitlist mortality risk in cirrhosis

Poor performance of psoas muscle index for identification of patients with higher waitlist mortality risk in cirrhosis

Abstract Background Sarcopenia, characterized by low muscle mass, associates with mortality in patients with cirrhosis. Skeletal muscle area in a single computed tomography image at the level of the third lumbar vertebrate (L3) is a valid representative of whole body muscle mass. Controversy remains...

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Main Authors: Maryam Ebadi, Connie W. Wang, Jennifer C. Lai, Srinivasan Dasarathy, Matthew R. Kappus, Michael A. Dunn, Elizabeth J. Carey, Aldo J. Montano‐Loza, From the Fitness, Life Enhancement, and Exercise in Liver Transplantation (FLEXIT) Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
Subjects:
Sarcopenia
Prognosis
Computed tomography
End‐stage liver disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12349

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https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12349

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