Selecting Appropriate Sarcopenia Screening Methods for Asian Populations

Comparison of the performance of five screening methods for sarcopenia

Background Sarcopenia leads to serious adverse health consequences. There is a dearth of screening tools for this condition, and performances of these instruments have rarely been evaluated. Our aim was to compare the performance of five screening tools for identifying elders at risk of sarcopenia against five diagnostic definitions. Subjects and methods We gathered cross-sectional data of el...

Rapid screening for sarcopenia

The four major comments of muscle wasting disease are cachexia, sarcopenia, malnutrition and congenital. Of these, themost common is sarcopenia. Since sarcopenia is a clinical situation which causes various adverse outcomes, including immobility, falls, disability and death in older people , the importance of recognizing and treating sarcopenia has been recognized by providing an ICD-10 code fo...

Selecting appropriate hosts for recombinant proteins production: Review article

In recent years, the number of recombinant proteins used for therapeutic applications and industry has increased dramatically. Recombinant proteins are produced in many host organisms (microbial, insect, plant and mammalian cells). There are many factors to consider when choosing the optimal system for protein expression and purification including the mass, purity or solubility of the recombina...

selecting an appropriate site for medical education

the present study aims at locating the appropriate site for the training of medical students. it is argued that in community oriented medical education the training of medical students should take place where more patients come for consultation. this will result in students having a greater exposure to patients with a variety of medical problems. in order to find out the places where more patie...

Selecting the appropriate PROM for your study