Frailty in Traumatic Brain Injury—The Significance of Temporal Muscle Thickness

Frailty in Traumatic Brain Injury—The Significance of Temporal Muscle Thickness

Background: Temporal muscle thickness (TMT) on cranial CT scans has recently been identified as a prognostic imaging parameter for assessing a patient’s baseline frailty. Here, we analyzed whether TMT correlates with Traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity and whether it can be used to predict outcome...

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Main Authors: Daniel Dubinski, Sae-Yeon Won, Jonas Meyer-Wilmes, Svorad Trnovec, Artem Rafaelian, Bedjan Behmanesh, Daniel Cantré, Peter Baumgarten, Nazife Dinc, Juergen Konczalla, Matthias Wittstock, Joshua D. Bernstock, Thomas M. Freiman, Florian Gessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
traumatic brain injury (TBI)
frailty
temporal muscle thickness (TMT)
sarcopenia
outcome
risk factors
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/24/7625

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