Sarcopenia According to the Revised European Consensus on Definition and Diagnosis (EWGSOP2) Criteria Predicts Hospitalizations and Long-Term Mortality in Rehabilitation Patients With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Vanesa Dávalos-Yerovi; Ester Marco; Dolores Sánchez-Rodríguez; Anna Guillen-Solà; Xavier Duran; Eva M Pascual; Josep M Muniesa; Ferran Escalada; Esther Duarte

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.03.019

Sarcopenia According to the Revised European Consensus on Definition and Diagnosis (EWGSOP2) Criteria Predicts Hospitalizations and Long-Term Mortality in Rehabilitation Patients With Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 Aug;20(8):1047-1049. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.03.019. Epub 2019 May 24.

Authors

Vanesa Dávalos-Yerovi¹, Ester Marco², Dolores Sánchez-Rodríguez³, Anna Guillen-Solà⁴, Xavier Duran⁵, Eva M Pascual⁶, Josep M Muniesa⁴, Ferran Escalada⁴, Esther Duarte⁴

Affiliations

¹ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Parc Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar - Hospital de l'Esperança), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Rehabilitation Research Group, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
² Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Parc Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar - Hospital de l'Esperança), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Rehabilitation Research Group, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; School of Medicine, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
³ Rehabilitation Research Group, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Geriatrics Department, Parc de Salut Mar (Centre Fòrum - Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Department of Health Sciences (CEXS), Universitat Pompeu i Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁴ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Parc Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar - Hospital de l'Esperança), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Rehabilitation Research Group, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁵ Methodology & Biostatistics Support Unit, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
⁶ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Parc Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar - Hospital de l'Esperança), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

PMID: 31133471
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.03.019

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Consensus
Europe
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
Male
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / mortality*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / rehabilitation*
Sarcopenia / classification
Sarcopenia / complications*
Sarcopenia / mortality*