Hakan Kardas1, Maximilian Thormann2, Caroline Bär1, Jazan Omari1, Andreas Wienke3, Maciej Pech1, Alexey Surov1. 1. University Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. 2. University Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany; maximilian.thormann@med.ovgu.de. 3. Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometry, and Informatics, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM: The effect of sarcopenia on patients with severe Covid-19 disease is unknown. We aimed to assess the influence of baseline computed tomography (CT)-based body composition parameters (pectoralis muscle area, pectoralis muscle index, skeletal muscle gauge) on clinical variables in patients with severe Covid-19 disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Chest CT scans of adult patients with confirmed Covid-19 who were hospitalized from March 2020 to May 2021 at a level-one medical center in Germany were retrospectively analyzed. Pectoralis muscle area, pectoralis muscle index and skeletal muscle gauge were measured on the first CT scan after admission. Body composition parameters were assessed for association with clinical variables and 30-day mortality. RESULTS: A total of 46 patients were included. None of the body composition parameters was a predictor for 30-day mortality, duration of hospital stay, duration of intensive care unit treatment, or duration of invasive mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSION: Pectoralis muscle composition parameters in CT chest scans did not predict outcomes in adult patients with severe Covid-19 infection.
BACKGROUND/AIM: The effect of sarcopenia on patients with severe Covid-19 disease is unknown. We aimed to assess the influence of baseline computed tomography (CT)-based body composition parameters (pectoralis muscle area, pectoralis muscle index, skeletal muscle gauge) on clinical variables in patients with severe Covid-19 disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Chest CT scans of adult patients with confirmed Covid-19 who were hospitalized from March 2020 to May 2021 at a level-one medical center in Germany were retrospectively analyzed. Pectoralis muscle area, pectoralis muscle index and skeletal muscle gauge were measured on the first CT scan after admission. Body composition parameters were assessed for association with clinical variables and 30-day mortality. RESULTS: A total of 46 patients were included. None of the body composition parameters was a predictor for 30-day mortality, duration of hospital stay, duration of intensive care unit treatment, or duration of invasive mechanical ventilation. CONCLUSION: Pectoralis muscle composition parameters in CT chest scans did not predict outcomes in adult patients with severe Covid-19 infection.
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