Quadriceps muscle thickness assessed by ultrasound is independently associated with mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Alice SabatinoJeroen P KoomanTommaso Di MottaChiara CantarelliMariacristina GregoriniStefano BianchiGiuseppe RegolistiEnrico FiaccadoriPublished in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2022)
Indexed distal VIT was independently associated with mortality both as continuous and as a categorical variable. Muscle US is a simple practical tool that adds prognostic information to the bedside nutritional assessment in ESKD patients on maintenance HD.