Feasibility of Serial Ultrasound Measurements of the Rectus Femoris Muscle Area to Assess Muscle Loss in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the Intensive Care Unit

Feasibility of Serial Ultrasound Measurements of the Rectus Femoris Muscle Area to Assess Muscle Loss in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the Intensive Care Unit

Background. End-stage liver disease (ESLD) patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) care before liver transplantation (LT) often experience significant muscle mass loss, which has been associated with mortality. In this exploratory study, we primarily aimed to assess the feasibility of serial ul...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Pita, MD, Ioannis A. Ziogas, MD, Fei Ye, PhD, MSPH, Yufan Chen, MPH, Muhammad A. Rauf, MD, Lea K. Matsuoka, MD, FACS, Navpreet Kaur, MD, FACS, Gilbert Whang, MD, Shannon M. Zielsdorf, MD, Gerasimos Bastas, MD, Manhal Izzy, MD, Sophoclis P. Alexopoulos, MD, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-11-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001067

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