Tongue thickness in health vs cirrhosis of the liver: Prospective observational study
Manish Tandon, Harshita Singh, Nishant Singla, Priyanka Jain, Chandra Kant Pandey
Manish Tandon, Harshita Singh, Chandra Kant Pandey, Formerly at Department of Anesthesia, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Nishant Singla, Formerly at Department of Intervention Radiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Priyanka Jain, Formerly at Department of Research, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India
Author contributions: Tandon M conceived and wrote the manuscript and performed the literature search and review; Sigh H collected and compiled data and reviewed the literature; Singla N collected L3 skeletal muscle index data, trained others on ultrasonography measurements, and supervised ultrasonography measurements; Jain P performed statistical analysis of the data; Pandey CK reviewed the manuscript, and provided intellectual input.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Review Board of the Institution of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Clinical trial registration statement: The study titled “Study of thickness of tongue by ultrasound and its relation with severity of disease in patients with cirrhosis of liver: Prospective Study”, is registered with clinical trials registry of India vide No. CTRI/2017/10/010103.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent regarding personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest to declare.
Data sharing statement: There are no additional data available.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
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Corresponding author: Manish Tandon, MD, Doctor, Ex Additional Professor Anaesthesia, Department of Anaesthesiology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, D-1, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India.
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Received: December 29, 2019
Peer-review started: December 29, 2019
First decision: March 27, 2020
Revised: May 17, 2020
Accepted: May 21, 2020
Article in press: May 21, 2020
Published online: August 8, 2020
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