Skeletal muscle predicts ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, and mortality in elderly ICU patients
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- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Critical Care
- Vol. 17 (5), R206
- https://doi.org/10.1186/cc12901
Abstract
As the population ages, the number of injured elderly is increasing. We sought to determine if low skeletal muscle mass adversely affected outcome in elderly patients following trauma.Keywords
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