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Use of Bedside Ultrasound to Assess Muscle Changes in the Critically Ill Surgical Patient | Synapse

May 11, 2020

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Use of Bedside Ultrasound to Assess Muscle Changes in the Critically Ill Surgical Patient

CBChristan BuryCleveland Clinic RDRobert DeChiccoCleveland Clinic DNDiane NowakCleveland Clinic

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SICU patients significantly lost QMLT over 10 days, with greater losses occurring after 5 days. These results support RDNs performing USs to detect QMLT changes and suggest this technique could be valuable to evaluate LBM changes in critically ill patients.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dab194aae38ff6ad835ce0 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.1840

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