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Serum creatinine level, a surrogate of muscle mass, predicts mortality in critically ill patients

Serum creatinine (SCr) has been widely used to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Creatinine generation could be reduced in the setting of low skeletal muscle mass. Thus, SCr has also been used as a surrogate of muscle mass. Low muscle mass is associated with reduced survival in hospitalized...

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Publicado en:J Thorac Dis
Autores principales: Thongprayoon, Charat, Cheungpasitporn, Wisit, Kashani, Kianoush
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4842835/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27162688
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2016.03.62
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