Outcome of morbid obesity in the intensive care unit

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-154

  Yaegashi, Makito ^a   Jean, Raymonde ^a,b   Zuriqat, Muqdad ^a   Noack, Sigrid ^a   Homel, Peter ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Critical care; Critical illness; Fatal outcome; Intensive care; Intensive care units; Obesity (obesity, morbid)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; OBESITY, MORBID; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27144498998     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066605275314     Document Type: Article

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