ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Sonographic Evaluation of Muscle Echogenicity for the Detection of Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness: A Pilot Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study.
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Ultrasound Monitoring of Muscle Thickness in Premature Patients Undergoing Infant Massage: Experience in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Early mobilization to prevent ICU-acquired weakness in mechanically ventilated patients: an integrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Ultrasound monitoring of skeletal muscle wasting and relation to nutritional intervention in critically ill patients: MUScleNut study.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2025Article
- Predicting Sarcopenia in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Multimodal Ultrasound-Based Logistic Regression Analysis and Nomogram Model.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Potential diagnostic tools for intensive care unit acquired weakness: A systematic review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Review
- Longitudinal Assessment of Blood-Based Inflammatory, Neuromuscular, and Neurovascular Biomarker Profiles in Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness: A Prospective Single-Center Cohort Study.Neurocritical care · 2025Observational
- Skeletal muscle as a pro- and anti-inflammatory tissue: insights from children to adults and ultrasound findings.Journal of ultrasound · 2024Review
- Program with last minute abstracts of the Padua Days on Muscle and Mobility Medicine, 27 February - 2 March, 2024 (2024Pdm3).European journal of translational myology · 2024Article
- Ultrasonographic Features of Muscular Weakness and Muscle Wasting in Critically Ill Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Five Padua days on muscle and mobility medicine (2024Pdm3) 27 February - 2 March, 2024 at Hotel Petrarca, Thermae of Euganean Hills, Padua, and San Luca Hall, Prato della Valle, Padua, Italy.European journal of translational myology · 2023Article
- Neuromuscular Ultrasound in Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness: Current State and Future Directions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness and Critical Illness Myopathy: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Attenuating Muscle Mass Loss in Critical Illness: the Role of Nutrition and Exercise.Current osteoporosis reports · 2022Review
- Ultrasound Measurements of Rectus Femoris and Locomotor Outcomes in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Qualitative assessment by the Heckmatt scale (HS) and quantitative greyscale analysis of muscle echogenicity were compared for their value in detecting intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW). We performed muscle ultrasound (MUS) of eight skeletal muscles on day 3 and day 10 after ICU admission. We calculated the global mean greyscale score (MGS), the global mean z-score (MZS) and the global mean Heckmatt score (MHS). Longitudinal outcome was defined by the modified Rankin scale (mRS) and Barthel index (BI) after 100 days. In total, 652 ultrasound pictures from 38 critically ill patients (18 with and 20 without ICU-AW) and 10 controls were analyzed. Patients with ICU-AW had a higher MHS on day 10 compared to patients without ICU-AW (2.6 (0.4) vs. 2.2 (0.4),
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