Computerized tomography: a method to study cross-sectional muscle area in nutritional evaluation.
We have compared two ways of determining cross-sectional muscle area in patients undergoing total parenteral nutrition, namely, computerised tomography and anthropometric measurements. There was a poor correlation between the two methods of determining cross-sectional limb area. The cross-sectional area increased in all patients considered on clinical grounds to have improved during the course of treatment.
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Department of Surgery and Roentgenology, Karolinska Institute at Danderyd Hospital, S-182 88 Danderyd, Sweden.
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