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Sarcopenia and Frailty in Elderly Trauma Patients

BACKGROUND: Sarcopenia describes a loss of muscle mass and resultant decrease in strength, mobility and function that can be quantified by CT. We hypothesized that sarcopenia and related frailty characteristics are related to discharge disposition after blunt traumatic injury in the elderly. METHODS...

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Pubblicato in:World J Surg
Autori principali: Fairchild, Berry, Webb, Travis P., Xiang, Qun, Tarima, Sergey, Brasel, Karen J.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2015
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215219/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25249011
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2785-7
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