Should we consider sarcopenia in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease? A preliminary cross-sectional analysis.
Ana Carolina C BarbosaRaquel S BrisonCarolina C GomesThomas James WilkinsonMarvery P DuarteNádia Dias GruezoHeitor Siqueira RibeiroPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2023)
Among pediatric patients with CKD, the prevalence of sarcopenia and its related traits was high. Nephrology professionals should consider the assessment of sarcopenia in this population, while more evidence is needed to determine its prognostic value. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.