Weight gain is an early indicator of injury in ex vivo normothermic limb perfusion (EVNLP).

Abigail MeyersSonia PandeyVarun KopparthyPayam SadeghiRobert Craig ClarkBrian A FigueroaSrinivasan DasarathyHenri BrunengraberFrancis PapayAntonio RampazzoBahar Bassiri Gharb

Published in: Artificial organs (2022)

Weight gain correlated with microscopic muscle injury and was the earliest evidence of limb dysfunction. Weight gain may serve as a criterion for discontinuation of EVNLP.

Keyphrases

weight gain
body mass index
birth weight
weight loss
skeletal muscle
oxidative stress
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
physical activity