Muscle mass loss measured with portable ultrasound in hospitalized older adults: The ECOSARC study

• Main Authors: Esther López Jiménez (Author), Marta Neira Álvarez (Author), Rocío Menéndez Colino (Author), Marta Checa López (Author), Concha Grau Jiménez (Author), Patricia Pérez Rodríguez (Author), Brian Vasquez Brolen (Author), Estefanía Arias Muñana (Author), Raquel Ramírez Martín (Author), Cristina Alonso Bouzón (Author), María Solange Amor Andrés (Author), Cristina Bermejo Boixareu (Author), Fátima Brañas (Author), María Alcantud Ibáñez (Author), Rubén Alcantud Córcoles (Author), Elisa Belén Cortés Zamora (Author), Elena Gómez Jiménez (Author), Luis Romero Rizos (Author), Almudena Avendaño Céspedes (Author), Carmen Rosa Hernández Socorro (Author), Pedro Abizanda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: The main objective was to analyze the evolution of muscle of the Quadriceps Rectus Femoris (QRF) between admission and discharge, in older adults hospitalized with an acute medical disease in Acute Geriatric Units (AGUs). Design: Prospective multicentric observational cohort study. Setti...