Thumb adductor muscle thickness used in the nutritional assessment of chronic kidney disease patients under conservative treatment.

Priscila Moreira de Lima PereiraÍris Teixeira SoaresMarcus Gomes BastosAna Paula Carlos Cândido

Published in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2018)

TAMT is used to estimate muscle mass and we suggest the cutoff point is useful to rule out the likelihood of muscle mass depletion. It is recommended that it be used in a complementary way in nutritional assessment.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
optical coherence tomography
patient reported outcomes
replacement therapy