SARC-F Score: A Quick Bedside Tool to Screen Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sarcopenia is often ignored in clinical practice despite being an important prognostic marker. SARC-F is a simple bedside score to assess muscle abnormalities in cirrhosis patients. However, there is limited Indian data on the validity of this score. Hence, we aimed to assess the validity of SARC-F score in a tertiary care center.

Methods

A prospective observational study including consecutive 100 cirrhosis patients attending the gastroenterology outpatient department in Osmania Medical College and Hospital, Hyderabad, India, was conducted from Jan 2018 to Dec 2019. The primary aim was to assess the mean muscle volume loss (MVL) by computed tomography and handgrip (HG) strength for muscle strength decline (MSD) and compare the SARC-F score with standard cut-off va

SUBMITTER: Singla N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10792645 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature