Prognostic role of bioelectrical impedance phase angle for critically ill patients: A systemic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Bioelectrical impedance-derived phase angle (PA) has exhibited good prognostic values in several non-critical illnesses. However, its predictive value for critically ill patients remains unclear. Thus, we aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between PA and survival in such a patient population.

Materials and methods

We searched for relevant studies in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane database up to Jan 20, 2022. Meta-analyses were performed to determine the association between the baseline PA after admission with survival. We further conducted subgroup analyses and sensitivity analyses to explore the sources of heterogeneity.

Results

We included 20 studies with 3,770 patients. Patients with low PA were associ

SUBMITTER: Zheng WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9868673 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature