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Reliability of skeletal muscle ultrasound in critically ill trauma patients.

Luciana VieiraLara Patrícia Bastos RochaSunita MathurLarissa SantanaPriscilla Flávia de MeloVinicius Zacarias Maldaner da SilvaJoão Luiz Quaglioti DuriganWagner Rodrigues Martins
Published in: Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva (2020)
Ultrasound is safe, feasible, and reliable for muscle assessment in critically ill trauma patients, regardless of the assessor's level of expertise.
Keyphrases
  • trauma patients
  • skeletal muscle
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • insulin resistance
  • contrast enhanced ultrasound
  • ultrasound guided
  • computed tomography
  • metabolic syndrome