Sarcopenia as a predictor of mortality among the critically ill in an intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: The evidence of sarcopenia based on CT-scan as an important prognostic factor for critically ill patients has not seen consistent results. To determine the impact of sarcopenia on mortality in critically ill patients, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify the ass...

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Published in:BMC Geriatr
Main Authors: Zhang, Xiao-Ming, Chen, Denghong, Xie, Xiao-Hua, Zhang, Jun-E, Zeng, Yingchun, Cheng, Andy SK
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8173733/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34078275
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02276-w
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