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Editorial Comment
Heroin Smoking and COPD: A Case for Targeted Screening Spirometry.
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Observational Study
ICU admission muscle and fat mass, survival and disability at discharge: a prospective cohort study.
Skeletal muscle dysfunction occurring as a result of ICU admission associates with higher mortality. Although preadmission higher BMI correlates with better outcomes, the impact of baseline muscle and fat mass has not been defined. We therefore investigated the association of skeletal muscle and fat mass at ICU admission with survival and disability at hospital discharge. ⋯ In this study cohort, ICU admission PMA was associated with survival during and following critical illness; it was unable to predict regaining an independent lifestyle following discharge. ICU admission SAT mass was not associated with survival or other measured outcomes.