A low muscle mass increases mortality in compensated cirrhotic patients with sepsis.
Cristina LucidiBarbara LattanziVincenza Di GregorioSimone InciccoDaria D'AmbrosioMario VendittiOliviero RiggioManuela MerliPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
Low muscle mass worsen prognosis in cirrhotic patients with severe infections. This is particularly evident in patients with Child A-B cirrhosis in whom the coexistence of low muscle mass and sepsis caused a negative impact on mortality similar to that observable in all Child C patients with sepsis.