Reduced muscle mass as predictor of intensive care unit hospitalization in COVID-19 patients.

Chiara Giraudo Giovanni LibrizziGiulia FicheraRaffaella MottaElisabetta BalestroFiorella CalabreseGiovanni CarrettaAnna Maria CattelanPaolo NavalesiMichela PellosoMario PlebaniFederico ReaRoberto VettorAndrea VianelloRoberto Stramare

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Muscle loss seems to be a predictor of ICU hospitalization in COVID-19 patients and radiologists reporting chest CT at admission should note this finding in their reports.

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