The rate and assessment of muscle wasting during critical illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Patients with critical illness can lose more than 15% of muscle mass in one week, and this can have long-term detrimental effects. However, there is currently no synthesis of the data of intensive care unit (ICU) muscle wasting studies, so the true mean rate of muscle loss across...

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Published in:	Critical Care
Main Authors:	Brigitta Fazzini, Tobias Märkl, Christos Costas, Manfred Blobner, Stefan J. Schaller, John Prowle, Zudin Puthucheary, Henning Wackerhage
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Intensive care unit Critical illness Muscle wasting Muscle atrophy ICU-acquired weakness ICU-AW
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04253-0