Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Temporalis muscle thickness correlates with premorbid frailty in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest
Authors' conclusion
We found that TMT exhibits a moderate negative correlation with the CFS, supporting TMT as a tool to measure frailty.
Study context
- Population
- Adults resuscitated from cardiac arrest with a head computed tomography (CT) within 48 h of collapse
- Participants
- 50 adults
- Outcome
- Correlation between TMT on head CT and pre-arrest Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)
Methodological detailsblinded temporalis muscle thickness (TMT) measurement
- Blinded TMT measurement
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Correlation between TMT and CFS
Spearman ρ, TMT vs Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) (moderate, negative); p < 0.001
−0.52
Median CFS [IQR 2-6]
4
Median TMT [IQR 5.0-8.9] mm
6.6
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Variance in CFS explained (linear regression)
- TMT R2
- 25%
- Age R2
- 17%
Original publication
Temporalis muscle thickness correlates with premorbid frailty in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. Published 12 March 2025. doi:10.
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