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Sarcopenia and Frailty in Elderly Trauma Patients
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Sarcopenia describes a loss of muscle mass and resultant decrease in strength, mobility, and function that can be quantified by CT. We hypothesized that sarcopenia and related frailty characteristics are related to discharge disposition after blunt traumatic injury in the elderly. We reviewed charts of 252 elderly blunt trauma patients who underwent abdominal CT prior to hospital admission. Data for thirteen frailty characteristics were abstracted. Sarcopenia was measured by obtaining skeletal muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) from each patient’s psoas major muscle using Slice-O-Matic® software. Dispositions were grouped as dependent and independent based on discharge location. χ 2, Fisher’s exact, and logistic regression were used to determine factors associated with discharge dependence. Mean age 76 years, 49 % male, median ISS 9.0 (IQR = 8.0–17.0). Discharge destination was independent in 61.5 %, dependent in 29 %, and 9.5 % of patients died. Each 1 cm2 increase in psoas muscle CSA was associated with a 20 % decrease in dependent living (p
- Subjects :
- Male
Radiography, Abdominal
medicine.medical_specialty
Weakness
Sarcopenia
Frail Elderly
Poison control
Wounds, Nonpenetrating
Rehabilitation Centers
Article
Psoas Muscles
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Psoas major muscle
Medicine
Humans
Hospital Mortality
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Aged, 80 and over
Muscle Weakness
business.industry
Muscle weakness
Organ Size
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Home Care Services
Patient Discharge
Surgery
Nursing Homes
Blunt trauma
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Cognition Disorders
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Abdominal surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cb17a3757ed5e714b7701e753b116742