In 2014, the European Respiratory Society published a statement on nutritional assessment
and therapy in COPD. Since then, increasing research has been performed on the role of …

Background Computed tomography (CT) is commonly utilized in chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) for lung cancer screening and emphysema characterization …

Background Chronic disease causes skeletal muscle loss that contributes to morbidity and
mortality. There are limited data on the impact of dynamic muscle loss on clinical outcomes …

Background Previous studies have shown that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) of severe or very severe airflow limitation have a reduced pectoralis muscle …

Objectives To provide a standard for total abdominal muscle mass (TAM) quantification on
computed tomography (CT) and investigate its association with cardiovascular risk in a …

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) tend to have abnormally low
levels of fat-free mass (FFM), which includes skeletal muscle mass as a central component …

Background Skeletal muscle atrophy, a common complication of idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis (IPF), and its presence upon diagnosis can indicate a poor prognosis. Patients with …

Introduction: Data on factors related to mortality in patients with bronchiectasis exacerbation
are insufficient. Computed tomography (CT) can measure the pectoralis muscle area (PMA) …

Background This study investigated the role of the thoracic skeletal muscle mass as a
marker of sarcopenia on postoperative mortality in pleural empyema. Methods All …

Introduction: Data on factors related to mortality in patients with bronchiectasis exacerbation
are insufficient. Computed tomography (CT) can measure the pectoralis muscle area (PMA) …