Clinical study on the evaluation of changes in skeletal muscle mass during sepsis treatment in critically ill tumor patients using tibialis anterior muscle thickness as a substitute for systemic muscle examination
10.3969/j.issn.1008-9691.2023.05.013
- VernacularTitle:胫骨前肌厚度替代全身肌肉检查评价肿瘤重症患者并发脓毒症治疗过程中骨骼肌质量变化的临床研究
- Author:
Zhen ZHANG
1
;
Donghao WANG
;
Yang LYU
Author Information
1. 天津医科大学肿瘤医院重症监护科,国家恶性肿瘤临床医学研究中心,天津市恶性肿瘤临床医学研究中心,天津市肿瘤防治重点实验室,天津 300060
- Keywords:
Skeletal muscle mass;
Tibialis anterior muscle thickness;
Bioelectrical impedance analysis;
Sepsis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care
2023;30(5):582-587
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate whether the measurement of tibialis anterior muscle thickness(TA-MT)in sepsis can be used as an alternative method to understand systemic changes in skeletal muscle mass by comparing the trend of ultrasonic measurement of TA-MT with bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA)in detecting skeletal muscle mass.Methods A single-center prospective study was conducted.The patients with tumor sepsis who were treated in the department of intensive care unit(ICU)of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital from March to December 2022 were selected as the study subjects.The changes of TA-MT within 6 hours after sepsis and 3 days after treatment were measured by ultrasound.The changes of body mass,body mass index(BMI),lean body mass,body fat percentage,body fat,whole body protein,skeletal muscle mass,skeletal muscle index(SMI),arm circumference,right lower limb lean body mass,and body water were measured by BIA.The 28-day prognosis was followed up.The correlation between TA-MT and skeletal muscle indicators measured by BIA was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis.Results Eventually,40 patients were included.Compared with before treatment,the levels of TA-MT by ultrasound and acute physiology and chronic health evaluationⅡ(APACHEⅡ),sequential organ failure assessment(SOFA)and oxygen metabolism index blood lactic acid(Lac)measured after treatment were significantly reduced[TA-MT(cm):2.31±0.35 vs.2.50±0.36,APACHEⅡscore:11.00±3.18 vs.17.50±5.44,SOFA score:3.28±2.18 vs.6.30±3.11,Lac(mmol/L):1.38±0.35 vs.2.40±1.02,all P＜0.05].Meanwhile,the BIA test showed that body mass,body mass index,lean body mass,body fat percentage,body fat,whole body protein,skeletal muscle mass,SMI,arm circumference,right lower limb lean body mass and body water were also significantly decreased after treatment[body mass(kg):63.87±13.96 vs.66.58±14.95,BMI(kg/m2):22.57±4.37 vs.23.52±4.59,lean body mass(kg):46.32±6.89 vs.49.66±7.84,whole body protein(kg):9.36±1.37 vs.9.93±1.55,skeletal muscle mass(kg):26.23±4.17 vs.27.96±4.72,SMI(kg/m2):7.12±1.04 vs.7.78±1.18,arm circumference(cm):29.41±3.66 vs.30.17±3.59,right lower limb lean body mass(kg):7.21±1.26 vs.7.77±1.42,total body water(L):36.38±5.44 vs.39.11±6.19,all P＜0.05],body fat percentage and body fat were significantly elevated[body fat percentage:(21.96±8.30)%vs.(19.98±8.43)%,body fat(kg):14.81±8.64 vs.14.12±8.81,both P＜0.05].Pearson correlation analysis showed that:the right TA-MT was negatively correlated with the electrical impedance of the right lower extremity(r =-0.445 2,P＜0.001),the right side TA-MT was positively correlated with the right lower limb lean body mass,whole body protein,skeletal muscle mass,SMI and lean body mass(r values were 0.571 4,0.629 9,0.628 3,0.575 9,0.634 4,all P＜0.000 1).Conclusion Significant skeletal muscle depletion can be observed in tumor patients with sepsis,and ultrasound measurement of TA-MT is an effective alternative method to assess systemic skeletal muscle mass trends.
