 Sarcopenia
"Sarcopenia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Progressive decline in muscle mass due to aging which results in decreased functional capacity of muscles.
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D055948
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.613.612.500 C23.300.070.500.500 C23.888.592.608.612.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sarcopenia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in Profiles.
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Lach K, Peterson SJ. Nutrition Support for Critically Ill Patients With Cancer. Nutr Clin Pract. 2017 Oct; 32(5):578-586.
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Peterson SJ, Mozer M. Differentiating Sarcopenia and Cachexia Among Patients With Cancer. Nutr Clin Pract. 2017 Feb; 32(1):30-39.
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Peterson SJ, Braunschweig CA. Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Associated Outcomes in the Clinical Setting. Nutr Clin Pract. 2016 Feb; 31(1):40-8.
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Gomez-Perez SL, Haus JM, Sheean P, Patel B, Mar W, Chaudhry V, McKeever L, Braunschweig C. Measuring Abdominal Circumference and Skeletal Muscle From a Single Cross-Sectional Computed Tomography Image: A Step-by-Step Guide for Clinicians Using National Institutes of Health ImageJ. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016 Mar; 40(3):308-18.
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Sheean PM, Peterson SJ, Perez SG, Troy KL, Patel A, Sclamberg JS, Ajanaku FC, Braunschweig CA. Response to Dr Khursheed Jeejeebhoy. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2015 Mar; 39(3):271-2.
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Sheean P, Braunschweig C, Peterson S. Author response. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 May; 38(4):415-6.
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Sheean PM, Peterson SJ, Gomez Perez S, Troy KL, Patel A, Sclamberg JS, Ajanaku FC, Braunschweig CA. The prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with respiratory failure classified as normally nourished using computed tomography and subjective global assessment. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 Sep; 38(7):873-9.
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