Image Based Assessment of Sarcopenic Obesity  Predicts Mortality in Major Trauma

Name: Image Based Assessment of Sarcopenic Obesity Predicts Mortality in Major Trauma
Creator: John Oh
Published: 2021-04-29T14:24:49.312Z
Keywords: Health Sciences

Oh, John; Ssentongo, Anna; Ssentongo, Paddy; Dykes, Thomas; Keeney, Laura; Armen, Scott; Soybel, David

doi:10.17632/y9j4d6hvh6.1

Image Based Assessment of Sarcopenic Obesity Predicts Mortality in Major Trauma

Published: 29 April 2021| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/y9j4d6hvh6.1

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, Anna Ssentongo, Paddy Ssentongo, Thomas Dykes, Laura Keeney, Scott Armen, David Soybel

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Patients with obesity are also at risk for sarcopenia, which is difficult to recognize in these patients. Our study examines whether sarcopenic-obesity (SO) on admission CT scan is independently associated with mortality in major trauma

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Dartmouth College, Texas Tech University, Pennsylvania State University

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