Impact of sarcopenia and its diagnostic criteria on hospitalization and mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients: A 3-year longitudinal study.

CONCLUSION: Muscle functionality and quality can predict hospitalization and overall survival in chronic hemodialysis patients, better than muscle mass. PMID: 31744647 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31744647?dopt=Abstract

Source: J Formos Med Assoc - November 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Lin YL, Liou HH, Wang CH, Lai YH, Kuo CH, Chen SY, Hsu BG Tags: J Formos Med Assoc Source Type: research