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SUBMITTER: Hessels L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6182361 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hessels Lara L Koopmans Niels N Gomes Neto Antonio W AW Volbeda Meint M Koeze Jacqueline J Lansink-Hartgring Annemieke Oude AO Bakker Stephan J SJ Oudemans-van Straaten Heleen M HM Nijsten Maarten W MW
Intensive care medicine 20180907 10
<h4>Purpose</h4>Patients with reduced muscle mass have a worse outcome, but muscle mass is difficult to quantify in the ICU. Urinary creatinine excretion (UCE) reflects muscle mass, but has not been studied in critically ill patients. We evaluated the relation of baseline UCE with short-term and long-term mortality in patients admitted to our ICU.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients who stayed ≥ 24 h in the ICU with UCE measured within 3 days of admission were included. We excluded patients who developed ac ...[more]