Sarcopenia diagnosed by ultrasound-assessed quadriceps muscle thickness and handgrip strength predicts mortality in patients on hemodialysis.
Alice SabatinoJeroen KoomanCarla Maria AvesaniMariacristina GregoriniStefano BianchiGiuseppe RegolistiEnrico FiaccadoriPublished in: Journal of nephrology (2024)
When combined with low handgrip strength, low quadriceps muscle US outperformed low lean tissue index as assessed by bioimpedance spectroscopy in predicting mortality in a cohort of patients on maintenance HD. Ultrasound may be a useful and convenient technique for the assessment of sarcopenia and protein-energy wasting in this patient population.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- skeletal muscle
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular events
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- body composition
- cardiovascular disease
- case report
- optical coherence tomography
- anterior cruciate ligament