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Muscle wasting in icu trauma patients: quantitative and qualitative changes

2015; Springer Nature; Volume: 3; Issue: S1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a181

2197-425X

Maria Giuseppina Annetta, Daniela Silvestri, Domenico Luca Grieco, MF La Torre, Nicola Magarelli, Caterina Policola, Anselmo Caricato, Silvia Della Casa, Massimo Antonelli,

Nutrition and Health in Aging

Loss of skeletal muscle is a typical and early finding in critically ill patients, mostly related to forced immobility, systemic inflammatory response, and protein depletion; it is clinically associated with a functional impairment that may cause difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation, increased length of ICU and hospital stay and long term functional disability.