ArticleNutrients2018
Assessment of Muscle Wasting in Long-Stay ICU Patients Using a New Ultrasound Protocol.
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- The role of ultrasound of the quadriceps femoris in people with cystic fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2026Pooled it
- Morphofunctional Assessment beyond Malnutrition: Fat Mass Assessment in Adult Patients with Phenylketonuria-Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Risk prediction models for intensive care unit-acquired weakness in intensive care unit patients: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- ICU-acquired weakness.Intensive care medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Controversies in Diagnosing Sarcopenia in Cirrhosis-Moving from Research to Clinical Practice.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Muscle mass in critically ill patients: analysis using ultrasound, traditional bioelectrical impedance analysis, and wearable devices: a prospective observational study.European journal of medical research · 2026Article
- Machine Learning-Based Classification of ICU-Acquired Neuromuscular Weakness: A Comparative Study in Survivors of Critical Illness.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Practical Guide to Nutritional Assessment in CKD: Current Tools, Emerging Technologies, and Future Directions.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025Review
- Assessment of Ultrasound-Controlled Diagnostic Methods for Thyroid Lesions and Their Associated Costs in a Tertiary University Hospital in Spain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Development and validation of machine learning-based risk prediction models for ICU-acquired weakness: a prospective cohort study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Impact of Protein and Nutritional Support on the Muscular Status of Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot, Perspective, and Exploratory Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Methodologies and clinical applications of lower limb muscle ultrasound in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of intensive care · 2024Review
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- Advancing critical care recovery: The pivotal role of machine learning in early detection of intensive care unit-acquired weakness.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Incorporating ultrasonography to the nutritional assessment process in intensive care settings to improve the prescription of enteral and parenteral nutrition: Benefits, practicality, and challenges.Saudi medical journal · 2024Review
- Radiopharmaceuticals for Skeletal Muscle PET Imaging.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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- Muscle mass loss measured with portable ultrasound in hospitalized older adults: The ECOSARC study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Observational
- Risk Factors and Electromyographic Characteristics of Acquired Weakness in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2024Article
- Body Composition Evaluation and Clinical Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk in Patients with Phenylketonuria.Nutrients · 2023Review
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Abstract
There is currently no standardized procedure to assess sarcopenia in long-stay catabolic patients. Our aim is to analyze a novel ultrasound muscle assessment protocol in these patients versus healthy controls, by carrying out a prospective observational study. We designed a new ultrasound protocol that assesses quadriceps rectus femoris (QRF) muscle quality in real-time B-mode, color-Doppler, and M-mode ultrasound, and evaluates QRF intramuscular central tendon thickness, cross-sectional area, and muscle thickness in ultrasound B-mode. Logistic regression was performed as a multivariable analysis on 29 cases and 19 controls. The QRF muscle area and thickness were shown to significantly decrease (
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