ArticleIntensive care medicine experimental2025
Ultrasound monitoring of skeletal muscle wasting and relation to nutritional intervention in critically ill patients: MUScleNut study.
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- Early mechanical changes of limb muscle in septic shock assessed by dual-plane shear-wave elastography.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2026Article
- Short-Term Biceps Muscle Wasting Assessed by Serial Ultrasound as a Predictor of Survival Duration in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
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backgroundCritically ill patients frequently experience profound skeletal muscle (SM) wasting, to which early detection and effective clinical management remain significant challenges. Ultrasonography (US) provides early objective information about SM compared with usual functional tests. The characteristics of the optimal nutritional support are controversial. This observational study aimed to characterize the SM changes through US in the first week after Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission and to evaluate the potential interference factors with a focus on nutritional support.
resultsA total of 95 patients (age 55.7 ± 16.01 years, 70.5% male) were included. All the ultrasound SM measures tendentially reduced after admission: quadriceps muscle layer thickness (QMLT) 10.03% (0.38 ± 0.73 cm), rectus femoris cross-sectional area (RF-CSA) 10.48% (0.50 ± 1.38 cm
conclusionPresent findings demonstrate a marked reduction in the SM ultrasound measures evaluated in the first week after ICU admission, mainly in patients at nutritional risk. More evidence on optimal nutritional strategies to attenuate SM wasting is warranted.
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