A pilot study examining the use of ultrasound to measure sarcopenia, frailty and fall in older patients

The importance of this study is to devise an efficient tool for assessing frailty in the ED. The goals of this study are 1) to correlate ultrasonographic (US) measurements of muscle thickness in older ED patients with frailty and 2) to correlate US-measured sarcopenia with falls, subsequent hospitalizations and ED revisits.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - August 5, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Emily Benton, Andrew S. Liteplo, Hamid Shokoohi, Michael A. Loesche, Sarah Yacoub, Phraewa Thatphet, Thiti Wongtangman, Shan W. Liu Source Type: research