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SUBMITTER: Ng KWP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312473 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ng Kay W P KWP Dietz Alexander R AR Johnson Ryan R Shoykhet Michael M Zaidman Craig M CM
Muscle & nerve 20181218 1
<h4>Introduction</h4>We evaluated the reliability of measuring muscle thickness with ultrasound in limbs and diaphragms of critically ill children and determined the sensitivity of these measures to quantitate muscle atrophy over time.<h4>Methods</h4>An expert and trained novice sonographers prospectively measured limb and diaphragm muscle thickness in 33 critically ill children.<h4>Results</h4>Expert and novice intrarater and interrater reliability were similar. Intraclass correlations (ICC) an ...[more]