Erector spinae muscle (ESM) size has been reported as a predictor of prognosis in patients
with some respiratory diseases. This study aimed to assess the association of ESM size on …

Background Elderly patients who are hospitalized due to pneumonia experience
deterioration of their activities of daily living (ADL) during this period; in some cases, this loss …

Rationale: Loss of skeletal muscle mass and physical inactivity are important manifestations
of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and both are closely related to poor …

Background: To investigate the values of erector spinae muscle cross-sectional area
(ESMcsa) loss for diagnosing intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) and …

Computed tomography (CT) assessment of the cross-sectional area of the erector spinae
muscles (ESMCSA) can be used to evaluate sarcopenia and cachexia in patients with lung …

Background Sarcopenia, or skeletal muscle depletion, was common in the elderly and often
led to a poor prognosis of diseases. The area of the psoas muscle in abdominal computed …

Rationale and Objectives This study aimed to investigate whether the dorsal skeletal muscle
area at 12th thoracic level (T12SMA) could be used as a predictor of in-hospital mortality …

BACKGROUND: A recent paper reported that low muscle mass in the erector spinae
muscles (ESM) was strongly associated with poor prognosis and declining muscle mass …

Background Older patients account for the majority of patients with sepsis. The objective of
this study was to determine if decreased skeletal muscle mass is associated with outcomes …

Low L3 skeletal muscle area (SMA), which is assessed on computed tomography (CT)
images, has been reported to indicate poor clinical outcomes of patients with acute …