Relationship between pectoralis muscle mass on chest CT and in-hospital death among patients with pneumonia

R. Yokosuka (Tokyo, Japan), R. Imai (Tokyo, Japan), S. Ro (Tokyo, Japan), M. Murakami (Tokyo, Japan), R. Tugitomi (Tokyo, Japan), K. Okafuji (Tokyo, Japan), A. Kitamura (Tokyo, Japan), Y. Tomishima (Tokyo, Japan), J. Torahiko (Tokyo, Japan), N. Nishimura (Tokyo, Japan), T. Tamura (Tokyo, Japan)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Lower respiratory tract infections in clinical practice
Session: Lower respiratory tract infections in clinical practice
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 3097
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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