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Radiographic assessment of sarcopenia in the trauma setting: a systematic review.
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- Imaging-Based Markers of Sarcopenia in Lower Limb Ischemia: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Computed tomography-based muscle and fat composition in a Dutch population: a cross-sectional study.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- Impact of CT-Defined Sarcopenia on Clinical Outcomes in Elderly Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Korean Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Association Between Sarcopenia Measured by Computed Tomography at the Third Lumbar Vertebra and Mortality in Inpatients with Delirium Referred to a Liaison Psychiatry Team: A Follow-Up Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Muscle-Driven prognostication in gastric cancer: A multicenter deep learning framework integrating Iliopsoas and erector spinae radiomics for 5-Year survival prediction.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Body composition parameters in initial CT imaging of mechanically ventilated trauma patients: Single-centre observational study.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024Observational
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- Skeletal muscle size and quality in healthy kidney donors, normal range and clinical associations.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Underweight patients experience higher inpatient complication and mortality rates following acetabular fracture.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Association between Muscle Mass Index and Neurological Outcomes of Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Clinical, functional, and opportunistic CT metrics of sarcopenia at the point of imaging care: analysis of all-cause mortality.Skeletal radiology · 2024Article
- Acute Changes in Body Muscle Mass and Fat Depletion in Hospitalized Young Trauma Patients: A Descriptive Retrospective Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The association of radiologic body composition parameters with clinical outcomes in level-1 trauma patients.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Article
- Relationship Between Preoperative Psoas Major Muscle Quality and Forgotten Joint Score-12 in Patients After Total Hip Arthroplasty.Arthroplasty today · 2023Article
- The Impact of Body Mass Composition on Outcome in Multiple Traumatized Patients-Results from the Fourth Thoracic and Third Lumbar Vertebrae: A Single-Center Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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- Seven-year excess mortality, functional outcome and health status after trauma in Hong Kong.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Article
- Presence of Sarcopenia before Kidney Transplantation Is Associated with Poor Outcomes.American journal of nephrology · 2022Article
- Subcutaneous fat area at the upper thigh level is a useful prognostic marker in the elderly with femur fracture.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundCompared with similarly injured patients of a younger age, elderly patients have worse outcomes from acute injury. One factor adversely affecting outcomes is sarcopenia, which has been assessed in healthy elderly populations through established clinical and radiological criteria. However, in the acute care setting, no such criteria have been established. Sarcopenia has been opportunistically assessed via radiographic means but there is as of yet no gold standard. The purpose of this review is to summarize the radiological methods used to diagnose sarcopenia in the acute care setting, and suggest ways in which these methods may lead to a consensus definition of sarcopenia and its relationship to patient outcomes.
methodsA systematic survey of medical databases was conducted, with 902 unique publications identified. After screening and application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, data regarding study population, outcome, imaging modality, and criteria for assessment of sarcopenia were extracted from 20 studies. Quality was assessed with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.
resultsCT was the imaging modality for 18 of the studies, with total psoas muscle cross-sectional area at the level of L3 and L4 being the dominant method for assessing sarcopenia. Adjustment for body morphology most commonly used patient height or L4 vertebral body area. The majority of articles found radiographically assessed sarcopenia to be significantly correlated to outcomes such as mortality, length of hospital stay, morbidity, and in-hospital complications.
conclusionsEstablishing a consistent definition would strengthen its applicability and generalizability to admission and discharge planning. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Systematic review, level III.
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