Underweight is independently associated with mortality in post-operative and non-operative patients admitted to the intensive care unit: A retrospective study

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Finkielman, Javier D ^a   Gajic, Ognjen ^a   Afessa, Bekele ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10444249496     PISSN: 1471227X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-4-3     Document Type: Article

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