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The Sarcopenia Index: a Novel Measure of Muscle Mass in Lung Transplant Candidates

BACKGROUND: Frailty, including low muscle mass, is an emerging risk factor for poor outcomes after lung transplant. The sarcopenia index (SI)—(serum creatinine value/cystatin C value) × 100—is a novel blood test to approximate muscle mass. We sought to validate SI among lung transplant patients. MET...

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I publikationen:Clin Transplant
Huvudupphovsmän: Kashani, Kianoush, Sarvottam, Kumar, Pereira, Naveen L., Barreto, Erin F., Kennedy, Cassie C.
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: 2018
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Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5878710/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29274246
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ctr.13182
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