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.

MeSH information

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Progressive decline in muscle mass due to aging which results in decreased functional capacity of muscles.

Descriptor ID	D055948
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.613.612.500 C23.300.070.500.500 C23.888.592.608.612.500
Concept/Terms	Sarcopenia Sarcopenia Sarcopenias

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sarcopenia".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Neurologic Manifestations [C10.597]
Neuromuscular Manifestations [C10.597.613]
Muscular Atrophy [C10.597.613.612]
Sarcopenia [C10.597.613.612.500]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical [C23.300]
Atrophy [C23.300.070]
Muscular Atrophy [C23.300.070.500]
Sarcopenia [C23.300.070.500.500]
Signs and Symptoms [C23.888]
Neurologic Manifestations [C23.888.592]
Neuromuscular Manifestations [C23.888.592.608]
Muscular Atrophy [C23.888.592.608.612]
Sarcopenia [C23.888.592.608.612.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Sarcopenia".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sarcopenia".

publications

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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.

Bar chart showing 13 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2010	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	6	0	6
2022	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sarcopenia" by people in Profiles.

Springer JE, Beauharnais C, Chicarilli D, Coderre D, Crawford A, Baima JA, McIntosh LJ, Davids JS, Sturrock PR, Maykel JA, Alavi K. S184: preoperative sarcopenia is associated with worse short-term outcomes following transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal cancer. Surg Endosc. 2022 07; 36(7):5408-5415.

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Muglia R, Simonelli M, Pessina F, Morenghi E, Navarria P, Persico P, Lorenzi E, Dipasquale A, Grimaldi M, Scorsetti M, Santoro A, Politi LS. Prognostic relevance of temporal muscle thickness as a marker of sarcopenia in patients with glioblastoma at diagnosis. Eur Radiol. 2021 Jun; 31(6):4079-4086.

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Hill A, Arora RC, Engelman DT, Stoppe C. Preoperative Treatment of Malnutrition and Sarcopenia in Cardiac Surgery: New Frontiers. Crit Care Clin. 2020 Oct; 36(4):593-616.

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Lanza E, Masetti C, Messana G, Muglia R, Pugliese N, Ceriani R, Lleo de Nalda A, Rimassa L, Torzilli G, Poretti D, D'Antuono F, Politi LS, Pedicini V, Aghemo A. Sarcopenia as a predictor of survival in patients undergoing bland transarterial embolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. PLoS One. 2020; 15(6):e0232371.

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Al-Azzawi Y, Albo B, Fasullo M, Coukos J, Watts GJ, Tai R, Radcliffe D, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Devuni D, Szabo G. Sarcopenia is associated with longer hospital stay and multiorgan dysfunction in alcoholic hepatitis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 06; 32(6):733-738.

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Regnier P, DE Luca V, Brunelle S, Sfumato P, Walz J, Rybikowski S, Maubon T, Branger N, Fakhfakh S, Durand M, Gravis G, Pignot G. Impact of sarcopenia status of muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients on kidney function after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Minerva Urol Nephrol. 2021 04; 73(2):215-224.

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Staley SA, Tucker K, Newton M, Ertel M, Oldan J, Doherty I, West L, Zhang Y, Gehrig PA. Sarcopenia as a predictor of survival and chemotoxicity in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer receiving platinum and taxane-based chemotherapy. Gynecol Oncol. 2020 03; 156(3):695-700.

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Nishimura JM, Ansari AZ, D'Souza DM, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Merritt RE, Kneuertz PJ. Computed Tomography-Assessed Skeletal Muscle Mass as a Predictor of Outcomes in Lung Cancer Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 11; 108(5):1555-1564.

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Dolgin NH, Smith AJ, Harrington SG, Movahedi B, Martins PNA, Bozorgzadeh A. Association Between Sarcopenia and Functional Status in Liver Transplant Patients. Exp Clin Transplant. 2019 10; 17(5):653-664.

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Babu JM, Kalagara S, Durand W, Antoci V, Deren ME, Cohen E. Sarcopenia as a Risk Factor for Prosthetic Infection After Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2019 01; 34(1):116-122.

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