Psoas attenuation and cross-sectional area improve performance of traditional sarcopenia measurements in predicting one-year mortality among elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery: a pilot study of five computed tomography techniques.
Jennifer W UyedaAaron D SodicksonManuel Castillo-AngelesErika L RangelPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2022)
Muscle quality and size, both strong independent predictors of surgical outcomes in older patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, may be used in tandem to refine risk assessment. A composite score of psoas muscle cross-sectional area and Hounsfield units on CT may provide insight on 1-year mortality in this patient population.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- cross sectional
- computed tomography
- community dwelling
- skeletal muscle
- risk assessment
- public health
- emergency department
- cardiovascular events
- dual energy
- positron emission tomography
- middle aged
- healthcare
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- risk factors
- case report
- physical activity
- heavy metals
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- human health
- magnetic resonance